Sitemap - 2021 - Your Weekly Writing Exercise

Writing Goals--Clearing Your Path for Creativity in the New Year

Two Amazing Resources for Writing Inspiration This Month

Can Self- or Hybrid Publishing Land You on the Bestseller List?

Alchemy of Place: How to Create Tension through Your Story's Setting and Atmosphere

The Delight and Danger of Using Dreams, Journal Entries, Texts, Letters, and Other Passive Devices in Your Book

Don't Really Like Your Characters? Tips on Working with Unsavory--or Outright Bad--People in Your Stories

The Surprising Benefits of Writing Every Day--Why Practice Gets Us Closer to Perfect

Writing from the End: How Endings Create Satisfying Beginnings in a Book

Rest Breaks for Book Writers--Feeding the Inner Artist--and When to Get Back to Work

Approaching Summer Reading--Like a Writer

When to Research, When to Write: How to Balance the Different Kinds of Book-Writing Tasks

Memoir's Primary Argument: Making Sure Your Memoir Is Universal, Not Just Personal

Imagine Actually Finishing Your Book--A Three-Part Visualization Exercise (That Works!)

Pros and Cons of Workshopping Your Writing--How to Survive It, How to Gain the Most from It

What I've Learned about Great Dialogue from Thrillers

Honing Your Process of Receiving Feedback and the Revision It May Require

How to Find, Develop, and Let Your Writing Voice Shine--Three Tips

Special notice to my feedburner subscribers

Theme: The Undercurrent of Meaning in Your Book and Why It's Vital to Publishing Today

Finding the Best Comp Titles--What Your Query Letter to Agents Should Include

Why a Smart Story Location Matters--and How It's about a Lot More Than Setting

Facing the Fear of Finishing Your Book

How to Keep Writing When You Have No Time--or Energy or Enthusiasm--for Your Book. Or Do You Need To?

Pros and Cons of Using Present or Past Tense--What's the Effect on Your Reader?

Crafting Stronger Mechanical and Emotional Transitions to Keep Your Reader Turning The Page

The Joys of Scrivener--My Favorite Software for Organizing Your Book-in-Progress

Power Positions--How to Increase the Tension in Characters and Locations

Enter Late, Leave Early--A Great Piece of Writing Advice for Chapters

Finding the Shape of the Forest-- Learning How to Read Your Own Work

Revising for Meaning--Beyond the Basic Revision Checklist

Making Your Scenes Rock--Seven Tips for Stronger Scenes

Learning New Tricks from Published Writers--What Advice to Make Your Own?

Summary Tells, Scene Shows--How to Use Each in Fiction and Memoir

Dealing with Rejection Close to Home: When Family and Friends React to Your Writing

A Different Way to Work with Revision for Your Book--Segments and Reverses

Unspoken Agreements and How They Drive Characters in Fiction and Memoir

Sinking into Winter: The Power of Rest and Retreat in the Writer's Life

Making Peace with Your Inner Critic: How to Stop Sabotaging Your Writing Life and Get Moving on That Book

The Magic of Showing Up at the Page: How to Design or Refine a Writing Practice That Works for You

Strange Alchemy--Creating the Weave of Conflict, Character, and Place in Your Fiction or Memoir