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How to Write Compelling Inner Conflict

When we show our character’s cognitive dissonance—wrestling with conflicting bel...

Defining Negative Space in Story

When you manipulate spaces in between with intention, your readers will stay int...

Is Your Story “Big Enough” to Write About?

We all have limiting beliefs that essentially all say the same thing: you are no...

A Writer’s Secret Weapon: Add a Listening Pass to Your ...

Using a phone’s text-to-speech feature to read your story aloud while doing chor...

Your Small Press Submission Checklist

If you’ve decided to seek a press that accepts unagented work, here’s a checklis...

Embrace Complication to Develop a Can’t-Put-It-Down Nar...

Even if your plot is moving along nicely, a well-placed complication can jolt th...

3 Book Marketing Misconceptions and What to Do Instead

Shifting your understanding and approach to book marketing can transform it from...

How to Deliver Backstory Without Confusing the Reader

A brief but super-powered lesson from one of our recent webinars about the how t...

How Do You Know What Backstory to Include?

Backstory risks feeling clumsy or intrusive if it’s not directly relevant to the...

Why Your Flashbacks Aren’t Working

Like a genie in a bottle, flashbacks can be wonderful and terrible things. If no...

Boundaries Are About More Than Simply Carving Out the T...

Boundaries within ourselves—our limits, standards, knowing which interactions ar...

Pay Attention to the Obsessive Workings of Your Mind

The headlines, facts, and observations that fuel your obsessions will seed your ...

How and Where to Build Your Literary Community

Put your energy into people and places that are a good fit for you and your writ...

Tropes: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Just as a painter uses brushes and colors to blend and create, writers can exper...

Workshopper Beware: Navigating the Risky Waters of Writ...

Sometimes, for some writers, workshops are magical. But attendees should be prep...

3 Elements That Make Historical Romance Successful

If you approach a book with a writer’s eye, even the most pleasurable, light rea...

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