Sitemap - 2017 - Your Weekly Writing Exercise

Becoming a Marketing Machine--What It Takes to Promote Your Book

Writing about Sex, Intimacy, and Other Dangers

Feedback Says My Writing Is "Dense"--What Does This Mean and What Can I Do About It?

How to Get Enough Distance from Your Story to Actually Write It

The Magic of Showing Up--How to Design and Commit to a Writing Practice

Pros and Cons of Using Past or Present Tense

Which Point of View Should I Use? A Tour of First, Second, Third, and More

How to Build a Chapter--A Cool New Template to Try for Any Genre

How Powerful Is the "Container" of Your Story?

Publishing Alternatives to the Big Five--What Is Best for Your Book?

An Inventory of Bad Decisions in Your Book--And Why Bad Decisions Make the Best Stories

How Do You Know When to Stop Expanding and Start Revising?

Ten Things I've Learned by Finishing My Novel

Your Writing Voice--How to Develop It, Recognize It, Not Copy Someone Else's

Why Strong Dialogue Matters So Much--And Three Tips to Write It

The Value of a Writing Community--To Help You Finish Your Book

Making Time for Your Writing in the Dog Days of Summer

Writing a Satisfying Ending: Hints about How to Wrap Up Your Story

Instant Gratification: Dangers of Seeking It When Writing a Book

Why a Memoir Is Not an Autobiography

Finding and Hiring an Editor: Why They Help, What They Cost, and What to Look For

Keeping Track of Time--Timeline Organizers for Your Book

How Do You Know When You're Done? Tips to Evaluate Whether Your Manuscript Is Really Ready

Selling Your Nonfiction Book on a Proposal Alone: An Interview with Katherine Ozment

Launching a Debut Novel: Working with Publicists and Promotion

Saving Your Work--Ways to Keep Your Writing Safe Today

Finding the Right Home for Your Memoir: A Success Story

Storyboarding Multiple Narrators--How to Make Sense of the Whole Story

If You're Writing a Novel, Do You Know Its Category? An Agent's Perspective

A Great Key to Building Your Story: Things Are Never as They Appear

How NOT to Give Up When You Get Feedback on Your Manuscript

The Hunt for an Agent: Pitch Conferences, Research, and Other Fun Tools

Finding an Agent: One Writer's Experience

If You're Not Writing about Social Justice Issues, Will You Get Published Today?

What Is--and What Isn't--Your Business When You're Making Your Art: Words of Wisdom from Martha Graham

Submitting Excerpts from Your Book to Small Publications--A Success Story

Staying Organized While You Write--and Finish--Your Book

Scene versus Summary--Which to Use for What Effect

False Agreements and How They Drive Characters in Your Fiction or Memoir

Andre Dubus on Writing Memoir--A Podcast from Brevity

When the World Goes to Chaos, Writing Becomes Even More Important--So What's Your Purpose with Your Writing?

Weaving Storyboards--Which Is Your Dominant Story?

When Your Fiction Is Really about You (Even a Little), Do You Need to Protect Yourself?

How to Succeed at Your New Year's Writing Resolutions--Two Ideas That Actually Work