by Peter Leavell, @PeterLeavell The most critical choice of the novelist is worldview. Why? Because our novels are teachers. Your world will forever be locked in print. Now, ‘isms’ step …
The Character’s Inner Journey
by Michelle Sass Aleckson, @MchelleAleckson I write this blog post, not because I’ve mastered this topic, but because I am struggling with it. I’m still trying to hone my own writing process. …
Lessons God Teaches Authors When Creating Characters
by Jeanne Takenaka, @JeanneTakenaka The idea of creating characters was the one thing that kept me from jumping into fiction writing for, well, decades. One of the first writing lessons I heard …
Writing Advice Every Successful Author Knows
by Peter Leavell, @PeterLeavell Charles Dickens wanted to pen something different. By 1859, he’d written character-heavy novels that were so successful, the books were named after the lead such as …
What Your Novel Needs
By Lisa Phillips, @LisaPhillipsbks Like children who should be seen but not heard, feelings should be present on every page of your novel or story. Emotions. Angst. Torment. Conflict. We’re …