Craft
Dive Deep Into What Makes Your Characters Vulnerable
by Meredith Doench One of the richest places to mine a character is through experiences that have...
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Why Unreliable Characters Are So Compelling
For years, I’ve taught a workshop on Acting Out of Character. The idea is that more often, too...
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5 Tips to Pick up the Pace
When Stephen King advises authors to leave out the boring parts, what does he mean? Trim the fat and pick up the pace in your writing with these 5 tips from editor Dana Isaacson.
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THE CAREER AUTHORS 11: ANNIE HARTNETT
An exclusive Career Authors interview with rising literary star Annie Hartnett, author of Unlikely Animals, “a big novel doing big things” (The Rumpus).
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13 Ways to Maximize Your Writing Pleasure
We writers like to complain about hard the work is. But there are some writing pleasures to be found even on the toughest writing days. Here are 13 ways to maximize your writing pleasure.
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Copy Editing Secrets
USA Today bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan loves copyediting! It’s true. And what she learned copyediting her fourteenth thriller taught her a few powerful secrets.
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5 Tips to Keep a Series Fresh
How to make your readers care about your protagonist if your protagonist feels stale to you? Here are 5 tips to keep it fresh.
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Back to the Basics: The ABC’s of Character
Learn the ABC’s of Character Driven writing in this weeks’ post including tips on Arc, Backstory, and Characterization.
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On Writing (Or Not) on Vacation
I was recently a guest on the Writer’s Digest podcast—for a special episode about what makes a...
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5 Writing Tips from a New York City Tabloid Writer
Grabbing and holding a reader’s attention is every commercial writer’s goal. Battle-hardened and world-wise from years toiling in the tabloid trenches, journalist Alev Aktar offers Career Authors 5 tips on punching up their prose and winning over editors and readers.
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Polish Prose Professionally with these 8 Self-editing Tips
Don’t send out your novel before it’s actually ready. Avoid editorial landmines, win readers, and impress publishing professionals with these 8 self-editing tips.
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