My go-to writing craft books Updated: Best craft books for writers of fiction It’s been a stressful year to try to write a novel. It feels easier for many authors […]
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A tiny toolkit for writing more What have you done to support your creative self lately? Oh, stop flopping about trying to think of something—it’s just an article, not a
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Revise in layers: The onion approach How many passes are enough to prepare a manuscript for professional editing? If you take away anything from this article, let it be this:
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Where to find writing partners and critique groups How can it be that the very thing you crave most as a novelist—that other people read your book—feels impossible to allow
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New writing resources page is live Ever wondered what writing resources I recommend to my own clients? You’ve been asking me for a list of favorite writing advice and resources,
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Recommended books for novelists The craft books I most enjoy reading are tough tomes with new techniques of breaking down and analyzing recalcitrant manuscripts. But the best books on writing
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Stop using character names like this in your manuscript Some of the most common edits I make at the sentence and paragraph levels have to do with overusing character names
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Build your own learning plan for writing fiction What if everything in the world went right for your book, and now you may actually have a writing career? The thing
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Why copying great writing improves yours Modeling and imitation are time-tested techniques used by athletes, artists, and skill-builders of all stripes. One of the best ways to stretch your writing
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Affordable ways to study fiction writing Are you still struggling with where to put the comma in a dialogue tag (or was that a period)? Forget mixing up peek/peak/pique; are
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