This summer, take control of your revisions at Story Camp, a 10-week online structural revision course in a small group setting. ​ What...

Character agency is a vague concept for many writers.

Here I round up all the #10Queries tweets I posted during the annual #RevPit contest.

One of the most valuable skills a writer can have is knowing how to write a query letter. In the case of traditional publishing, you’ll...

The first line is oh so important. But here I want to focus on the whole first chapter.

Nine out of ten times when an author is getting “can’t connect” feedback, there’s not enough character reaction on the page. Your MC...

When we think about conflict in a story, we mean two types of conflict: internal and external. Every story must have both kinds of...

In the best stories, plot and character are so intricately linked that you couldn't pull one out without the whole thing unravelling. If...

3 act structure is the standard for the publishing industry so I think every writer should have a good basic understanding of it. Here I...

Every year during the #RevPit Annual Contest, the editors tweet anonymous feedback on participants’ queries and first five pages. This...

I've been so excited to share this! I know it’s hard when you aren’t selected for a contest. It’s the only thing I really don’t like...

I loved recording this season (Season 4) of Indie Chicks Podcast with my partner in podcasting, Melissa Koberlein. Since the season just...

Walk me through your writing process. (For example: what kind of pre-writing do you do? Do you have a particular strategy that helps you...

By Melissa Koberlein The Editor-Writer Connection Relationships are important in publishing. For me, as an indie author, my relationship...

By Justine Manzano As a writer that has been edited and an editor that has worked with writers, I’d like to paint you a picture. You’re a...

Pansters, please don’t abandon this post before you give it a chance. I promise I’m not here to tell you planning your story before...

by Sione Aeschliman About 20 years ago in a galaxy not too far away, my mother told me about nonviolent communication, aka NVC, and my...

by Kyra Nelson Conflict is one of the most important elements of a story. You can have interesting characters and a vivid setting, but...

By Rebecca Fryar The Westley A great concept that goes astray in the early pages but resurges with great intensity in the first act. Gets...

by Ella Stainton You’ve written your lovely opening pages and you can’t figure out how you can possibly make them any prettier because...

This week, I'm over at Rewrite It Club, a fantastic online community for writers in the midst of revisions. You can read my interview with t

BLOG INTERVIEW w/ Jeni Chappelle Tell me a little about your writing. KJ Harrowick: I write fantasy and science fiction with dark worlds...

Updated 1/15/2020 What Self-Editing Is I can always tell when an author has just typed The End and sent me their manuscript without doing...

Last weekend at the Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival, I spoke with several writers who have gotten stuck in the middle of their books....