by Kerry-Ann McDade · Published August 23, 2023 · Last modified August 22, 2023
Enjoy these 3 Tips To Get Ready for NaNoWriMo by Jordan Rosenfeld. Jordan is a freelance manuscript editor and writing teacher. Stay tuned for more NaNoWriMo prep tips coming! When you plan your novel...
If you’re feeling stuck finishing your novel, don’t despair! We can help your block by showing you how NOT to end your novel.
Author and teacher, Laurel Osterkamp shares her six tips for plot twists that create suspense to keep readers engaged in your story.
Author Nancy Stolhman shares how writing a book is a lot like falling in love and her 3 best tips for navigating your creative relationship.
by Guest Contributor · Published February 28, 2023 · Last modified February 24, 2023
Linnea Gradin shares 9 Ways To Instantly Improve Your Writing to help to take the first step on your writing journey.
Teacher and published novelist, Lauren Osterkamp shares her writing guidelines on How To Pitch Your Novel + includes a Sample Pitch.
by Guest Contributor · Published September 23, 2021 · Last modified October 13, 2021
LA Bourgeois teaches us how we can use any image as a writing tool, generating ideas and creating characters for us. With Image Play, we have an endless source of inspiration.
Enjoy these writing tips… The top 5 zero to hero writing tips from a grown up Eagle Scout… *** “Just try to shoot for the moon every day (but whatever you can do is...
When your writing is stalled, you might think you’re having writer’s block. Figuring out what questions you should ask will help you clarify what you need to know—and what you need to do—to move forward.
An update from Keri Kruspe, author of Otherworldly Romantic Adventures, on how she lost her way and found it again — her adventure of purpose. Perhaps you know what that’s like or searching for your purpose as a writer.
Ready to write your novel? Read on for embracing the mystery and taking action… The creative process is a mystery. Writing a novel is part mystery, part exploration, part WTF. When we learn things...
About Flash Fiction from expert and writer, Nancy Stohlman. *** You could call me a flash aficionado. In the last dozen years I’ve: co-founded a flash fiction press, started a flash fiction reading series,...
by Guest Contributor · Published September 10, 2019 · Last modified September 5, 2019
There’s so much more to pacing than where you place commas or semicolons. Novelist Sue Razi shares tips on pacing and how they can enhance your fiction and hook your readers.
A famous author once said that every book should contain a love story. Now, that author might not have thought that the love story needed a sex scene, but many novelists writing in every genre do include sex scenes in their books. And there’s a problem with that.
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