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Matthew Jockers, Susan J. Rosowski associate professor of English and associate dean for research and global engagement, will speak Nov. 2.
Kick off National Novel Writing Month with a discussion about creativity, analytics and trends in the New York Times bestseller list with Matthew Jockers, co-author of “The Bestseller Code: Anatomy of the Blockbuster Novel.”
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Jockers will discuss the research behind the book at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 2 in Bailey Library at Andrews Hall.
The book brings fresh new insights of fiction works.
This discussion is supported by data taken from a five-year study of 20,000 novels.
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