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?
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
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