writing tips
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Solution Saturday: There Are Two Possible Endings to My Story
Beginnings are hard. Endings? They’re just as hard! There’s no set right or wrong way to…
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Off-the-Page Strategies for Revealing Your Villain’s Motive
The first rule of writing in villains: never let the villain be the one to reveal…
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A Writer’s Guide to Bouncing Back from Rejection (31DBBB Day 16)
You spend all your free time writing. You’re so proud of all the work you’ve accomplished.…
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Too Dear to Kill (Midweek Novel Update #9)
I promised myself I wouldn’t do this. Keep him alive, I mean. I’ve had it all…
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Three Ways to Kill Off Your First-Person Narrator (without Ending the Story)
If you’re consistently afraid your ideas aren’t original, in all honesty, they aren’t. Every basic storyline…
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Three Tricks for Avoiding Unintentional Plot Holes
As readers, we’re pretty good at pointing out other writers’ mistakes. That’s one positive aspect of…
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What Is Your Villain’s Motive?
Admit it: you love writing in evil characters. It’s fun. It’s different. But it can also…
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Solution Saturday: I’m Bored Writing This But I Don’t Want to Give Up
Sigh. Check Facebook. Switch back over whichever program houses your current writing project. Stare blankly at…
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The Battle Against Identity and Purpose
Do you know who your characters are? More importantly, do they? Identity is a common YA…
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Three Consequences of Always “Writing What We Know”
We’ve all gotten this piece of advice at least once before: “write what you know.” On…
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