Sitemap - 2019 - Your Weekly Writing Exercise
Interiority? How Much Should You Show or Tell about Your Characters' Inner Lives?
Can You Use Real Place Names in Your Books? Can You Fictionalize Details?
Finding a Writing Group or Writing Partner--From Afar (Online and On Demand)
Wisdom from the Irreverent Anne Lamott--on Writing and the Writer's Life
The Confusing World of Copyrights and Permissions--A Brief Overview for the New Author
On Hooks and Other Excellent Ways to Start Your Story
Four Favorite Tools to Organize Your Book Material--Before It Gets Overwhelming
Writing with Authenticity--Why It's Important to Foster a Unique Voice in Your Art
Organizing Your Book: How I Learned to Love Scrivener
Dialogue Engages--But What If Your Memoir Characters Just Don't Talk Much?
Lessons from Margaret Renkl: How One Memoir-Writer Circled Round Family, Nature, and Loss
Breakdowns and Breakthroughs--The Sine Wave of Book Writing
Great Resources for Studying Up: On How to Submit Your Manuscript to Agent or Publishers
How Do You Create Section Breaks--the White Space Pause--in Your Chapters or the Whole Book?
Is It Too Late? Successful Publishing After Forty, Fifty, Sixty?
Behind the Scenes: How One Well-Published Writer Structured Her Memoir
Bridging the Gap between Taste and Skill--Ira Glass Wisdom Revisited
The Importance of Comps (Competitive Titles) for Your Book and How to Find Them
What Is Narrative Voice and Why Does It Matter?
Beyond Good Writing--Two Agents Talk about What Else Matters If You Want to Get Published
Setting as Character--How to Create Emotion from the Setting in Your Book
How Your Character's False Belief Weaves through a Storyboard--Creating the Narrative Arc
The Task of Writers to Awaken the Fresh View of Life--Like Traveling to a New Place
Building Your Book Structure around Key Questions
Why We Procrastinate as Writers--A New Perspective
Root-Cause Analysis--the "Why" Question for Your Characters
Reading as a Writer--Why Reading Other Authors' Books Helps You Learn Your Craft
Creating Believable Characters on the Page--Tips for Fiction and Memoir Book Writers
How Does Your Book End? Here Are Some Great Ideas
Finding Your Writing Community-Soothing the Solitude of the Writing Life
Interior Monologue Pros and Cons--How Do You Integrate Thoughts, Feelings, and Talking to Yourself?
Warning: Writer's Message Ahead! The Dangers of Platforms in Fiction and Memoir
How to End Your Book--What Not to Wrap Up
Avoiding the Midbook Slump: Three Techniques to Keep Readers Reading
Establishing Yourself before Your Book Is Published: Submitting, Platform, and More
Location in Your Story: The Importance of the Inner and Outer "Container"
Revision Checklist: When You're Ready to Revise, What to Focus on First
Fantasies of the Writing Lifestyle: How to Get Real about What to Expect