Last weekend at the Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival, I spoke with several writers who have gotten stuck in the middle of their book–what I call the ‘soggy middle.’
Writing Essentials
In 2022, we started asking for loglines as part of the submission process for the RevPit Annual Contest. Because this […]
3 Act Structure is the standard for the publishing industry so I think every writer should have a good basic understanding of it.
In the best stories, plot and character are so intricately linked that you couldn’t pull one out without the whole thing unraveling. If you can, it’s going to lead to “can’t connect” or “didn’t love it.” This is called the plot – character connection.
Jeni Chappelle: Welcome to this Interview with Erin A. Craig, NYT Bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows and […]
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