The Re-re-read: Craft Talks on Classic Literature

The Brothers Karamazov: Depression as Plot Driver

Ann Gelder

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Are you depressed about the progress of your novel? Take a lesson from Dostoevsky and his author insert, Ivan Karamazov, on how depression can move your story forward.

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