Tag: craft
How to Get Backstage Access for More Realistic Fic...
Posted by Our Special Guest | Jul 10, 2023
Write 100 Words of Spring
Posted by Jessica Strawser | May 3, 2023
On Brevity
Posted by Jessica Strawser | May 1, 2023
How to Enhance Contrast in Your Writing
by Jessica Strawser | Dec 12, 2022 | Craft
Emphasizing contrasts in your story makes characters, settings & themes more compelling. Here’s how to use those dynamics for better writing.
Read More5 Lessons Learned as a Career Novelist
by Our Special Guest | Nov 9, 2022 | Publishing
If you’re lucky, writing isn’t just about your work-in-progress, but the whole open road ahead. Kelley Armstrong shares her best lessons learned over 20 years and 50 books.
Read MoreHow to Leave Your Day Job Without Quitting
by Our Special Guest | Oct 5, 2022 | Life
Ready for a big change? Here’s how to create a smart exit strategy—without taking unnecessary risks.
Read More25 Ways to (Pumpkin) Spice Up Your Writing
by Jessica Strawser | Oct 3, 2022 | Craft
No matter where or when your story takes place, take your pick of these ideas & prompts for using the best of fall to inspire your pages.
Read MoreThe Career Authors 11: Adriana Trigiani
by Jessica Strawser | Apr 13, 2022 | Career Authors 11
On the eve of her new release, The Good Left Undone, bestselling novelist & screenwriter Adriana Trigiani shares her best advice for writers.
Read MoreBehind the Pages: The Next Thing You Know
by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Mar 21, 2022 | Special Interview
Jessica Strawser shares the inside story behind her much-anticipated new novel, The Next Thing You Know, out this week.
Read MoreLessons Learned Switching to YA
by Our Special Guest | Mar 9, 2022 | Craft, Young Adult
Writing adult fiction, with an eye on the YA market? Making the switch might be easier than you think.
Read MoreWhat Does Your Character Do All Day?
by Jessica Strawser | Mar 7, 2022 | Craft
By some estimates, we spend a third of our lives at work. Let that sink in: A third. No wonder...
Read MoreHow to Use Framing Devices in Fiction
by Our Special Guest | Feb 2, 2022 | Craft
Story frames aren’t just for movies and TV series. Here’s how to add structure and depth to your novel by choosing the right framing device.
Read MoreKeeping It Real: Suspend Your Disbelief…
by Brian Andrews | Sep 22, 2021 | Craft
Suspension of Disbelief is an example of an industry term of art that gets thrown around a lot, but is rarely explained…so let’s dig in and break it down!
Read MoreShould You Fictionalize Your Setting?
by Our Special Guest | Jun 2, 2021 | Craft
by Colleen Oakley “Setting is sometimes a character.” I’ll never forget my 11th-grade English...
Read MoreThe Career Authors 11: Jess Montgomery
by Jessica Strawser | Feb 17, 2021 | Career Authors 11
Years ago, mystery writer Jess Montgomery stumbled upon an incredible, little-known character from...
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