Creating a character who leaps off the page, someone readers will remember long after they finish the book, is a writer’s Holy Grail. Here are 8 tips to help you get started crafting distinctive dialogue.
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Getting the beginning of your novel right is key to landing an agent, signing a contract, and racking up sales. Here’s a checklist to help you craft powerful first lines and great opening paragraphs.
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Want to keep your readers up all night? To do that, you need to create suspense, regardless of your novel’s genre. Incorporating these four techniques into your fiction will have your readers turning pages faster than ever.
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Some writers have an ear for dialogue the way some actors have a knack for accents. Other writers struggle. Here are tips for both.
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What can make a reader abandon your book after the first paragraph? These 8 rookie mistakes, for starters. Don’t start your novel with any of them!
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Paula Munier—agent, writing teacher, and debut novelist—talks to Career Authors about the challenges of writing a series featuring a dog as a main characters, the challenges of tackling the second book, and how life as a military brat affects the way she writes setting.
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