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What Does “Inspired by a True Story” M...
Posted by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Mar 25, 2024
WRITING PROMPT: Giving Bad News
Posted by Brian Andrews | Mar 22, 2024
The Romance Publishing Landscape – Then ...
Posted by Our Special Guest | Mar 19, 2024
Title Trouble? 6 Tips for Picking the Perfect Title!
by Brian Andrews | Mar 17, 2024 | Craft
A title is your first and best opportunity to make an impression on potential readers, so if your next title is giving you trouble, here are 6 Tips to help you pick the perfect one!
Read MoreWriting Prompt: Long Way Around
by Jessica Strawser | Mar 15, 2024 | Writing Prompts
Writing prompt: Write about taking the long way...
Read MoreHow to Craft an Immersive Setting
by Our Special Guest | Mar 13, 2024 | Craft
As a bestselling author of historical and contemporary novels, Aimie K. Runyan shares how to sweep readers away to another time and place.
Read More5 Reasons to Save Your Seat at the 2024 Career Authors Retreat
by Jessica Strawser | Mar 11, 2024 | Life
Wondering if your writing can benefit from our best-in-class annual writers’ retreat, April 12-14, 2024? Here’s everything you need to know.
Read MoreWriting prompt: Roshomon
by Dana Isaacson | Mar 8, 2024 | Writing Prompts
Two people meet, then recollect the encounter quite differently. Write both...
Read MoreChoosing My Novel’s Point of View
by Dana Isaacson | Mar 6, 2024 | Craft, Genre
Need a refresher on Point of View? Choosing the optimal POV for your novel may be integral to its success, and Dana Isaacson lays out the options.
Read MoreAfter Your First Draft: The Search for Meaning
by Our Special Guest | Mar 4, 2024 | Craft, Womens Fiction
Are you done with your novel’s first draft? New York Times bestselling author Patti Callahan Henry discusses next steps, or the addition and subtraction that follows as a writer transforms into a craftsperson.
Read MoreIt’s National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week
by Paula Munier | Mar 1, 2024 | Writing Prompts
It’s National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week. To whom would your protagonist write? Pen that letter.
Read MoreCAREER AUTHORS 11: JENN MCKINLAY
by Paula Munier | Feb 28, 2024 | Career Authors 11
An exclusive Career Authors 11 interview with the New York Times bestselling author JENN MCKINLAY.
Read MoreSTORY QUESTIONS: The Secret to Narrative Thrust
by Paula Munier | Feb 26, 2024 | Craft
There’s a secret to maintaining narrative thrust—and that secret is story questions. Agent and USA TODAY bestselling author Paula Munier shows you how to use story questions to keep the reader reading.
Read MoreWriting Prompt: Funniest Thing
by Hank Phillippi Ryan | Feb 23, 2024 | Writing Prompts
Would your character notice
the face in this casserole? Would they think it was hilarious?
Or a ridiculous?
Bigger question: Does your character see the
humor in the world?
Write a scene where
they do not.
And then the same scene
when they do.
What Makes It Funny?
by Our Special Guest | Feb 21, 2024 | Craft
What’s the key to writing humor in crime fiction? Depends on what you think is ‘funny,’ says award-winning crime fiction author Gabriel Valjan.
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