Tips on how to start your novel. Plus! Famous examples and discussion about how they work.
Tag: #balticon51
My review of Balticon 51 and the many writing panels I attended there. The panelists were professional writers, editors, and agents.
Vlog: Writing Secondary and Minor Characters
Vlog: Writing Secondary and Minor Characters
You might know all about your main character, but a world isn’t a world without other people!
Who Else: Writing Secondary and Minor Characters
Writers know all about our main character–they’re the focus of our story. Often, the story is told in their voice.
But what about everyone else? Unless you’re writing a person-versus-nature like Hatchet, you’re probably going to have other characters.
5 Tips for Pacing Your Novel
You already know about the 3-Act Structure, you’ve experimented with beat sheets, and you’ve tried using script writing techniques to punch up the drama, but you’ve still got sections of your novel that lag.
Now what?
4 Steps Towards Finding the Right Editor
When you’ve done all you can do on your novel, but you think it could still be better. Or you’re just tired of form letter rejections to your queries: Sometimes, the next step is to hire an editor. But, how do you know if they’re right for you?
Here are 4 steps to finding the right editor.
