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Five Tips on Writing Alternate History and Time Tr...
Posted by Our Special Guest | Aug 8, 2022
INFOGRAPHIC: 4 TIPS FOR WRITING AMAZING ENDINGS
Posted by Brian Andrews | Aug 3, 2022
How to Get the Most Out of Your Climax
Posted by Brian Andrews | Aug 1, 2022
Dive Deep Into What Makes Your Characters Vulnerable
by Our Special Guest | Jul 27, 2022 | Craft
by Meredith Doench One of the richest places to mine a character is through experiences that have...
Read MoreWhy Unreliable Characters Are So Compelling
by Jessica Strawser | Jul 25, 2022 | Craft
For years, I’ve taught a workshop on Acting Out of Character. The idea is that more often, too...
Read More5 Tips to Pick up the Pace
by Dana Isaacson | Jul 20, 2022 | Craft
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.
Read MoreTHE CAREER AUTHORS 11: ANNIE HARTNETT
by Paula Munier | Jul 13, 2022 | Craft, Publishing
An exclusive Career Authors interview with rising literary star Annie Hartnett, author of Unlikely Animals, “a big novel doing big things” (The Rumpus).
Read More13 Ways to Maximize Your Writing Pleasure
by Paula Munier | Jul 11, 2022 | Craft
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.
Read MoreCopy Editing Secrets
by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Jul 4, 2022 | Craft
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.
Read More5 Tips to Keep a Series Fresh
by Brian Andrews | Jun 29, 2022 | Craft
How to make your readers care about your protagonist if your protagonist feels stale to you? Here are 5 tips to keep it fresh.
Read MoreBack to the Basics: The ABC’s of Character
by Brian Andrews | Jun 27, 2022 | Craft
Learn the ABC’s of Character Driven writing in this weeks’ post including tips on Arc, Backstory, and Characterization.
Read MoreOn Writing (Or Not) on Vacation
by Jessica Strawser | Jun 20, 2022 | Craft, Life
I was recently a guest on the Writer’s Digest podcast—for a special episode about what makes a...
Read More5 Writing Tips from a New York City Tabloid Writer
by Our Special Guest | Jun 15, 2022 | Craft
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.
Read MorePolish Prose Professionally with these 8 Self-editing Tips
by Dana Isaacson | Jun 13, 2022 | Craft, Publishing
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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