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How to Use Brain Waves to Enhance Your Writing PracticePhoto by DS stories Today’s post is by writer, speaker and coach Lisa Cooper Ellison . Join her on Thursday, October 26 for the online...
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What It Means to Make Your Story RelatablePhoto by Aleksandr Barsukov on Unsplash Today’s post is by author and educator Deborah Williams . If you’re a serious...
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Amazon’s Orange Banner: The Anticlimax of AchievementToday’s post is by author Jen Craven . In a world where success is often measured by external markers and symbols, the pursuit...
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How Can I Set Aside the Cacophony of Writing Advice and Just Write?Image by Goran Horvat from Pixabay Ask the Editor is a column for your questions about the editing process and editors themselves. It...
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How Connected Settings Give Your Fiction Emotional DepthToday’s guest post is by writing coach, workshop instructor, and author C. S. Lakin ( @cslakin ). The characters we...
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How Can I Set Aside the Cacophany of Writing Advice and Just Write?Image by Goran Horvat from Pixabay Ask the Editor is a column for your questions about the editing process and editors themselves. It...
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How to Create Character Mannerisms from Backstory WoundsPhoto by Roman Trifonov on Unsplash Today’s post is by author and book coach Janet S Fox . The best way to deepen and...
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The Flashback: A Greatly Misunderstood Storytelling DevicePhoto by Hadija on Unsplash Today’s post is by editor Tiffany Yates Martin ( @FoxPrintEd ). Join her on Wednesday, Oct. 18...
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Get Started With Dictation: Choosing the Best Techniques and Tools for YouToday’s post is by Sarah Elisabeth Sawyer. She teaches a Dictation Bootcamp for Authors beginning October 17, 2023. If you’ve...
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The Other Pitch Packages Authors Should PreparePhoto by Vladislav Klapin on Unsplash Today’s post is by author Amy L. Bernstein . When we talk about “pitch packages”...
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Media Training for Authors: 6 Ways to Become a Go-To ExpertPhoto by Sam McGhee on Unsplash Today’s post is by author and media trainer Paula Rizzo . Authors will often say, “I’ll do...
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3 Ways to Use Theme to Deepen Your StoryPhoto by Almos Bechtold on Unsplash Today’s post is by author, editor and book coach Sharon Skinner . Theme is a critical...
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How Can You Tell If You’re Starting Your Story in the Right Place?Today’s post is by regular contributor Susan DeFreitas ( @manzanitafire ), an award-winning author, editor, and book coach. She...
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Finding the Funny: 8 Tips on Writing HumorPhoto by Franco Antonio Giovanella on Unsplash Today’s post is by author Joni B. Cole , author of Party Like It’s 2044 :...
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I Received Conflicting Advice on My Query Letter. What Now?Photo by Thirdman Ask the Editor is a column for your questions about the editing process and editors themselves. It also features...
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The Hallmarks of a Bad ArgumentPhoto by Yan Krukau Note from Jane: Today’s post is somewhat tangential to the usual focus of this site, but I’d argue—for nonfiction...
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Does Your Multiple Storyline Novel Work? Questions to Ask YourselfPhoto by Aditya Wardhana on Unsplash Today’s post is by editor Tiffany Yates Martin ( @FoxPrintEd ). Join her on Friday,...
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Lessons from 23 Years as a Self-Publishing NovelistPhoto by karina zhukovskaya Note from Jane: In the earliest days of my career, I served as managing editor of Writer’s Digest...
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How to Read to Elevate Your Writing PracticePhoto by cottonbro studio Today’s post is by book coach Robin Henry . Writers are frequently advised to read more to improve...
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How to Successfully Pitch Op-Eds and Timely Cultural PiecesPhoto by Steve Johnson on Unsplash Today’s post is excerpted from Writing That Gets Noticed: Find Your Voice, Become a Better...
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How Smaller Organisms Adapt to Amazon in the Self-Publishing EcosystemToday’s post is by writer, podcaster and editor Wayne Jones . I’ve had a couple of experiences over the past six months or so...
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How Can I Convince Editors That My Information Can Be Believed?Ask the Editor is a column for your questions about the editing process and editors themselves. It also features first-page...
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Explore the Fictional Character That You Present to ReadersPhoto by 愚木混株 cdd20 on Unsplash Today’s guest post is excerpted from the new book The Writer’s Voice: Techniques for Tuning...
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How AI-Generated Books Could Hurt Self-Publishing AuthorsJust two days after the Maui wildfires began, on Aug. 10, a new book was self-published, Fire and Fur y: The Story of the 2023 Maui Fire...
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Mining Your Memories: 3 Forms of Memory Every Memoirist Must KnowPhoto by Nicolette Attree Today’s post is by writer, speaker and coach Lisa Cooper Ellison . Join her for the three-part webinar series...
