Sitemap - 2016 - Your Weekly Writing Exercise

The Myth of Going It Alone--Why Book Writers Need Community

Scrivener--My Favorite Software for Organizing a Book

Pitch Conferences: How to Meet and Greet with Agents

Gratitude Game--Celebrate What's Working in Your Writing Life

Tips for Making Your Characters Vivid Individuals on the Page

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back--Getting Your Work Out in the World

Nonfiction Book Success--The Challenge of Telling Someone Else's True Story

Dreams--The Delight and Danger of Using Dreams in Your Story

Using Poetry Even If You're Not a Poet--What Poems Do for the Creative Brain

Paragraph and Line Lengths--How They Affect Your Story's Pacing

Kid Lit! Writing for Different Young Readers--Who Is Your Best Audience?

Jennifer Egan on the Dream State of Writing

Metaphors in Your Story--What Are They, How to Use Them, When to Use Them

Can You Use Both First and Third Person Narrators in Your Novel?

Refresh Your Writing Brain (and Inspire Your Book) with an Image Board This Week

Finding Close Readers--How to Be Smart with Feedback on Your Manuscript

How to Crisp Up Your Writing--Revision Tools for Wordsmithing

Tips for Surviving a Manuscript Read-Through (The Essential Last Step before You Send Out Your Book)

Using Pause Breaks to Strengthen the Pacing of Your Story

Writing against an Edge: How to Push Your Intimacy on the Page

Where to Begin Your Book: How to Choose the Best Opening

Summertime, and the Writing Is . . . Gone? Five Ways to Fit Writing into Your Crazy Life!

Writing More Than One Book? How to Storyboard with a Sequel in Mind

Time Markers: How to Keep a Reader on Track with Your Story

The Push to Do Risky Things with Your Writing

Seven Days to Getting Unstuck with Your Writing

Thematic Threads: How to Build Them in Your Fiction or Memoir

When Does Your Inner Critic Appear? Three Scenarios of Self-Sabotage and How to Renegotiate Your Contract

Character Loops--Reader-Pleasing Techniques for Using Characters in Your Story

My Favorite Tool for Checking Story Sequence

Writing versus Structuring--Why Both Are Important and How to Toggle Between Them in Your Writing Sessions

How to Use Different Points of View in Your Story

Tips on How to Read Your Own Work Objectively

How Do You Find a Good Editor--When You're Ready for One?

How Do You End Your Story? Where to End, How to Decide, What to Make Sure You Include

Planting Twists in Your Story to Keep Readers on Their Toes

"Never Give Up!"--The Inspiring Story of Elizabeth Di Grazia's New Memoir

How to Avoid Middle Slumps--Maintaining Tension in Your Story

Balancing the Three Key Elements of Story

Essential Tools for the Writer’s Toolbox

Plotting and Pantsing--When to Plan and When to Write, and Why Both Are Useful as You Build Your Book

False Agreements and Your Narrator's Epiphany

Planting Sensory Details--What to Use, When to Use It--for Emotional Impact in Your Writing

How Long Can My Timeline Be? Story Arc Questions and Answers

What Memoirists Always Ask: How Much of My Story Can I Tell without Hurting Others?

Three Essential Tools for Getting through Any Post-New-Year's-Resolution Slump

Emotional Peaks: How to Make Sure They're in Your Scenes and Chapters

New Year's Goal: Submit Your Manuscript! But First, Learn to Write a Killer Query Letter and Book Synopsis