May 16, 2024

How Character Sketches Can Add Depth to Your Manuscript

Tips to help you write believable characters.

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March 14, 2024

Writing About Food: Great Recipes Make Great Stories

How food can elevate your storytelling.

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February 22, 2024

Setting the Scene for Your Story

So you can breathe life into your story and characters.

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November 30, 2023

How to Carve Out Time to Write

How to keep writing when balancing jobs, families and social calendars.

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November 16, 2023

To Tag or Not to Tag: Unraveling the Use of Dialogue Tags

A discussion of the considerable discourse over the use of dialogue tags.

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October 5, 2023

Tips for Plotting a Memoir

Strategies for writing an engaging and meaningful memoir.

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September 14, 2023

Mindfulness and Writing

Tips to break through the noise and return us to the joy of process.

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September 7, 2023

Where to Find the Right Story Idea for You

A simple strategy for filling a blank page with the right words.

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September 4, 2023

47 Themed Submissions Calls for September 2023

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August 17, 2023

Don’t Change Your Debut

How one author got their novella published.

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July 27, 2023

How to Make Your Emotional Scenes Believable and Engaging

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March 22, 2023

8 Tips for Making Your True Story Come Alive

Tips for making your memoir or personal essay more engaging.

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March 9, 2023

POV – Don’t Confuse the Reader

Tips for choosing the right POV for your story.

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December 15, 2022

When Less is More: The Art of Flash Fiction

Practical strategies for writing flash fiction that can get published.

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December 1, 2022

Writing Believable Dialogue

Some thoughts on effective dialogue.

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