What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
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As part of their interview with the Write the Book podcast, Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy, authors of Once & Future, describe...
Creating a Strong Understory
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Steven Pressfield offers advice on crafting a compelling understory – the story beneath the immediate narrative action that hints at the protagonist’s...
What Keeps Your Characters up at Night?
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If your stuck on a plot point or looking to up the dramatic tension in your manuscript, Jeanne Kisacky suggests exploring the fears...
How to Tell If Your Reader Will Care Less
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Janice Hardy has another good blog post this week, this time discussing how writers can tell if their readers are likely to...
Checking the Engine of Your Narrative Drive
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Janice Hardy suggests a simple test to check whether your narrative drive has enough forward momentum to carry your novel and create...
Writing Prompt: 15 Marriage Problems Besides Cheating
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A blog post on Book Riot suggests writers rely too much on adultery to create dramatic tension in stories featuring married or...
Every Novel A Mystery
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In a new post, Janice Hardy talks about the ways in which even non-mystery novels needs a sense of the unknown. “Even...
Advice on Writing Moral Dilemmas
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In their latest podcast, the Mythcreants hosts discuss moral dilemmas – situations where a protagonist must choose between two bad outcomes. They...