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Agatha Christie left behind notebooks that reveal how she plotted her stories.

Learning about her tools and processes can inform our writing.

Mahrie G. Reid
Nov 1 · 4 min read

Her response to a question about how she wrote, included things like:

‘there is no agony like it. You sit in a room, biting pencils, looking at a typewriter…

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Mahrie G. Reid

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Mahrie G. Reid : author, instructor. I love writing, learning, and sharing what I learn. Presenter: When Words Collide. Find me. www.mahriegreid.com

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