Sarah Sundin, @sarahsundin Confession: ideas don’t come easily to me. When I chat with authors who have ideas coming faster than they could ever write them, I feel a twinge of …
The Formula for Writing
by Rebecca Yauger, @RebeccaYauger How are you doing in this first month of 2021? Did you lay out your goals, choose your Word of the Year, tidy up your desk, crack …
Let’s hear it for spontaneity!
by Delores Topliff, @DeloresTopliff There’s an ongoing debate between writing plotsters, pansters, and those who hang their hat somewhere in between. I respect plotsters who faithfully outline their stories. They know …
Two Things I Learned from Robert Ludlum
by David Rawlings, @DavidJRawlings Robert Ludlum had a firmer handshake than I was expecting. I don’t know what I was expecting or how I could even process it. Considering I’d worked extra …
3 Tips for Plotting with a Pantser
I was in Bermuda last week on vacation with my husband Rob, visiting with our friends Cathy and Stephen West. Yes, that Cathy West — author of Yesterday’s Tomorrow and …