What Do the Calls for Diversity Mean for Our Writing?
A recent controversy in the writing world might make us wonder: What do the calls for better handling of diversity and inclusion mean for our writing and story ideas?
Pin ItHow to Bridge the Gap in Your Story’s Momentum
It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, and this time we’re talking about bridging conflict.
Pin ItHow Can We Make Our Protagonist More Proactive?
Why is it important for characters to be active or proactive rather than reactive or passive? How can we fix a passive protagonist?
Pin ItWriting and Publishing Are Full of Contradictions
Balance can be hard to find within the writing industry, especially as our publishing life is full of contradictions, leading to frustration and burnout.
Pin ItWriting Community: There’s Safety in Numbers
The writing community played a huge role in the RWA implosion, so let’s see what we can learn about moving forward with a stronger writing community.
Pin ItHappy New Year! Welcome to a Blank Page
The New Year can offer us an opportunity for making changes in our life, but for that we need a blank page on which we can create a new story for our life.
Pin ItHow Do We Measure the “Value” of Fiction?
At our lowest, we might question what makes dealing with all the struggles of writing worth it. How can we measure the value of fiction?
Pin ItStory Endings: How to Write a Strong Resolution
Our story’s opening is important for gaining readers, but our story’s ending is what sells readers on our next book. What makes a story resolution great?
Pin ItAuthor Insights: What’s Our Core Story?
The better we understand ourselves, the better writer we’ll be. One way we can better understand ourselves is to explore our core story. What do our stories have in common?
Pin ItWhat Can Our Reading Choices Tell Us about Our Writing?
With our busy lives, we might feel we don’t have time to read, but reading is important for writers—and we might learn how to add appeal to our stories.
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