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
Character Loops--Reader-Pleasing Techniques for Using Characters in Your Story
My Favorite Tool for Checking Story Sequence
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
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