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NOODLING 101: How to Generate Good Ideas…Fas...

Posted by Paula Munier | Apr 1, 2024

“I Need A Hero!” How to Level Up Your ...

Posted by Brian Andrews | Dec 6, 2023

How to Enhance Contrast in Your Writing

Posted by Jessica Strawser | Dec 12, 2022

WE DO NEED ANOTHER HERO: Writers on Heroes, Heroi...

Posted by Paula Munier | Sep 21, 2022

Let It Rain Writing Prompt

by Paula Munier | Jun 10, 2022 | Writing Prompts

When it rains, it pours. Write a scene in which it pours on your protagonist.

Behind 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.

SWITCHING GENRES 101

by Our Special Guest | Oct 6, 2021 | Craft

If you’re in this writing game for the long haul—to be a career author—you need to adapt as the times, readers’ tastes, the marketplace, and your own writerly desires and ambitions change. Sometimes that means switching genres. Here’s what to look out for.

Snow Day! Writing Prompt

by Paula Munier | Feb 5, 2021 | Craft

Snow Day! How does your protagonist spend it?

Writing Prompt: What are your protagonist’s goals for 2021?

by Paula Munier | Jan 1, 2021 | Craft

Writing Prompt: What are your protagonist’s goals for 2021?

On Writing a Book Series

by Paula Munier | Dec 30, 2020 | Craft

Keeping a series fresh and fun is a challenge. Here’s some great advice for writing an ongoing book series.

Who Are Your Characters’ Forebears?

by Paula Munier | Nov 27, 2020 | Writing Prompts

Writing Prompt: Who are your characters’ forebears? Saints or sinners? Whose long shadow falls on them?

Fearless Writing Advice From Fiction’s Most Fearful Protagonist

by Our Special Guest | Nov 4, 2020 | Craft

In a year of fears, how can you channel all that energy into fuel for your writing? Kristin Bair, author of Agatha Arch Is Afraid of Everything, shares her best tips for being fearless on the page.