Are you Making the Most of Your MacGuffin?
In a post on DIY MFA, Amber Royer offers advice for using your MacGuffin to its best advantage. In short, the MacGuffin is something...
Realistic Fiction: Raising Stakes Without Dragons
In a post on BookBaby, Joe Yamulla offers advice on writing realistic literary and historical fiction. "Real-world issues are complicated, approachable, and relatable, all...
Tips for Building Suspense in Your Narrative
In a post on BookBaby, Jasmine Gayle offers advice on creating suspense in your story. "The key to suspense is to leave the reader...
Start with a Setting
In an interview with the DIY MFA podcast, Ginny Kubitz Moyer says she began writing her debut novel by focusing on setting. During the...
What Journalism and Fiction Share
In a post on CrimeReads, Ellen Crosby says writers can learn a lot about fiction by studying journalism. "If journalism is the first rough...
The Power of Small Problems
In a new post, Janice Hardy says that giving your protagonist small problems can elevate your story by creating more conflict and verisimilitude. "Think...
Are Your Scenes Plagued by DULL?
In a post on Killzone, James Scott Bell offers advice for cutting the dull parts from your scenes. What are those dull parts?
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Your Book Needs a Hook and a Heart
In a post on DIY MFA, Karyn Fischer offers advice for finding the hook and the heart of your novel. "We need the hook...
10 Myths About Fighting Debunked
In another in her Fight Write™ series for Writer's Digest, Carla Hoch dispels 10 myths about fighting. "Most of these legends come from the screen,"...
8 Steps to Great Character Arcs
in a post on BookBaby, Joe Yamulla examines character development and offers advice on creating compelling characters. "Complex characters are what make stories relatable,...
