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James Scott Bell

James Scott Bell is the #1 bestselling author of Plot & Structure, and thrillers like Deceived, Try Dying, Watch Your Back, and One More Lie (International Thriller Writers Award finalist), and is a Christy Award winner. His fiction has been reviewed in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, and the Library Review. A former trial lawyer, Bell now writes and speaks full time. He lives in Los Angeles.
Just Write
Revision and Self Editing for Publication
Elements of Fiction Writing - Conflict and Suspense
The Art of War for Writers
Plot & Structure (Write Great Fiction)

Books

Just Write
Revision and Self Editing for Publication
Elements of Fiction Writing - Conflict and Suspense
The Art of War for Writers
Plot & Structure (Write Great Fiction)

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