Sitemap - 2015 - Your Weekly Writing Exercise

Big Magic: How to Keep Writing When You Have NO TIME!

Character Lists: A Great Way to Coax Your Characters out of Hiding

What's Subtext? Learn about This Key Element of Dialogue, Used in All Genres

A Business Fiction Success Story--The "Buzz" about Lura Fischer's New Novel

Where Do You Get Your Ideas? A Basic Primer of a Novelist's Writing Process

Three Tricks to Keep Your Book Warm (or Even Hot) This Winter

Omission--The Art and Craft of What to Delete

Building Your Writing Routine--What Will Keep You Going This Winter?

Story Told from Then, Story Told from Now--Getting Clear about Your Narrative Point of View

Saying No to Everything Else--How Much Can You Realistically Give to Your Book?

Why False Agreements Make Strong Chapters

Big Fights and Little Fights--How Conflict Drives Your Story's Success

What Thriller Writers Can Teach You about Stellar Dialogue: Learning about Beats, Tags, Interruptions and Other Techniques to Increase Tension

Taking a Break from Your Book: When It's a Good Idea . . . and How to Know

When Should I Share My Writing? How to Know When You're Ready to Get Feedback

It May Be Real, But Is It a Good Story? Traveling the Crucial Distance between Reality and Narrative

Ten Things Not to Say to a Writer--You Gotta Read This!

When You Tell Your Truth and No One Wants to Hear It: How Honest Can You Be in Your Writing?

Three "Lures" to Attract Stronger Theme in Your Fiction and Memoir

Satisfaction versus Hunger: Two Pivots in Our Stories and How to Toggle Between Them to Keep the Writing Fresh

It's All about Showing Up with Your Real Self: What Keeps Us Away from Our Authentic Creativity?

Weeding through the Mass and the Mess: Making Sense of Your First Draft

Organizing: How to Handle, Sort, File, and Save All the Bits and Pieces of a Book

Long Time and Short Time in Fiction and Memoir

Micro-Revision--Working from Small Issues to Bigger Issues to Solve Your Book's Problems

Why Accountability Is Essential for Book Writers--If You Ever Want to Finish Your Book!

Can You Boost Your Brain Power--and Your Health--by Writing Every Day? (Yes!)

You've Gotta Choose! Five Tips to Prevent Distractions from Becoming Derailments in Your Writing Life

How to Keep Your Memoir from Being Just a Selfie

Book Titles--How Important Are They? How Do You Get a Great One?

Rest Breaks for Book Writers--When Are They Procrastination and When Are They Required?

Go On! Make a Bad Decision! Your Story Will Thank You

The Big "W" and Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey Story Arc

Finding Time for Yourself: The Value of Writing Retreats

Studying Stephen King: Subtext and Dialogue Use by a Master

Navigating a Big Writer's Conference--What's Best to Do, What Do You Bring, How to Make the Most of Your Time and Money

Dialogue Skills to Develop Real or Imagined Characters--And Help Sell Your Book to a Publisher!

Structuring for Nonfiction Books--How Do You Do It, So Your Reader Can Follow It?

Structuring Phase--The Second Stage of Building a Book

Gathering Phase and Structuring Phase--Two Stages of Building a Book

How Do You Start Your Chapters for the Most Punch? Some Simple--and Surprising--Structure Tips for All Genres

Writing in "Islands"--How I Wrote My First Memoir in Forty-Five Days

Growing Out of Your Rootbound Pot--Why Bravery on Demand Can Help Your Writing

Enough Already! Is It Really Time to Start Revising or Are You Just Bored with Your Book?

Building on What's Working: A New Approach to Setting Writing Goals for the New Year