By Michelle Griep, @MichelleGriep Everyone wants to be that author—the one readers are clamoring to read. How does that happen, though? How do you become that author, with tribes of loyal natives …
The Art of Understatement
by Angela Ruth Strong, @AngelaRStrong There’s a scene in The A-Team where the guys are inside a tank that’s parachuting from an airplane, and they fire a cannon to push …
Writing Into Fear
by Katherine Reay, @Katherine_Reay Working on my latest manuscript seems to be an exercise in conquering fear — isn’t writing any manuscript an exercise in conquering fear? Or perhaps it’s not conquering …
Why the past matters.
My men were in charge of the remote this weekend. (Which meant I got a lot of reading done!) But, I did wander down to our home theater to take …
How to set up and deliver the Suspense Black Moment.
Yesterday, we talked about the substance of the Black Moment and how to craft it, making it Personal, Plausible and it leads up to the Epiphany of the novel. But, …