Does Your Plot Rely on Too Much Luck?
In a post on Writers in the Storm, Janice Hardy asks if your protagonist may be too lucky. "Getting a plot to unfold just...
Setting is More than a Backdrop
In a post on Writer's Digest, Elisabeth Eaves offers advice on how to use your setting to build your plot and enhance characterization. "When plot...
Turning Points Within Turning Points
In a guest post on Writers Helping Writers, September Fawkes examines plot structure as a series of turning points. "One of the quickest ways...
Vulnerability is the Key to Relatability
Whether or not your protagonist must be likable is an ongoing debate in writing circles. In a guest post on Jane Friedman's blog, Susan DeFreitas...
Use Setting to Reveal Character
In a post on Writers Helping Writers, Becca Puglisi offers advice on using your setting to add to characterization. "It may not seem like the...
Why Do Readers Care?
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Donald Maass says that if readers don't care about what's happening in your story, they aren't likely to...
Creating Conflict Without an Antagonist
In romance, loving is easy but conflict is hard, says Janice Hardy in a recent blog post. "Unlike most novels, there's no mustache-twirling antagonist...
Advice for Adding Meat to a Lean Manuscript
In a guest post on Jane Friedman's blog, Lisa Fellinger suggests four questions you can ask to strengthen a lean manuscript. While many writers...
Designing the Reader Experience
In a post on Writer Unboxed, Cathy Yardley offers advice for designing your work for a good reader experience, without writing to formula or...
Four Strategies for Avoiding the Muddy Middle
In a post on Writers in the Storm, Sandy Vaile offers four tips for avoiding a saggy mess in the middle of your novel....
