Stories tell about dilemmas--someone facing a problem, someone learning, someone solving a mystery, someone growing. Dilemma is that questio...

Hard to believe, but 2020 is almost behind us. Quite the year. If your writing has benefited from the retreat of forced isolation, you'r...

Two of my private clients emailed me this week, saying they hated their books. I don't usually hear such strong statements, especially f...

After the gathering stage, after the storyboarding and brainstorming your book's flow, after the first and tenth drafts are created, com...

If you've been writing like crazy during the past months of isolation, you may be ready to send your manuscript off to an agent or two i...

I got an email from one of the students in my last online Afternoon Character Intensive. Since the workshop, he'd had a mini-breakthrou...

One of my past clients has been working hard on her memoir. She emailed me a few weeks ago with a good question about the best rhythm for b...

Combing for new ideas, insights, and writing exercises to offer in my upcoming characters class on November 7 , I found a scratchy list I...

 Around this time of year, maybe because the back-to-school energy has tempted me, I begin to look at buying another writing book or two. I...

A great way to get your writing out there, seen by readers and possibly your future agent (agents browse literary journals and magazines and...