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I Read 10 Unpublished Novels, Here’s What Most Writers Get Wrong

Mar 21, 2026

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Most unpublished novels don’t fail because the idea is bad. They fail because of execution.
Over the last month, I read 10 manuscripts, and the patterns were strikingly similar, mistakes that are easy to fix but often overlooked. Common Mistakes I Saw:

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Amos Gbolahan
Amos Gbolahan

Written by Amos Gbolahan

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