by Heidi McCahan, @HeidiMcCahan Recently a group of writer pals I chat with online lamented that their rough drafts lacked enough conflict to make their stories interesting. I can relate. A …
Are You Allowing for White Space in Your Creative Pursuits?
by Lisa Jordan, @lisajordan As a new writer, one of the first writing rules I learned was to be sure there was plenty of white space on the page. At …
Make Your Character Likable in 5 Easy Steps
by Angela Ruth Strong, @AngelaRStrong In my last novel, I wrote a lazy hero. You don’t see lazy heroes very often. You see heroes who have character flaws like anger, …
Fall in Love with Your Hero
by Jennifer Chastain, @JenniferCwrites Love is in the air during the month of February! I don’t know about you, but I love a good contemporary romance. As a reader, why …
Make Your Reader Worry
by Michelle Sass Aleckson, @MchelleAleckson One of the reasons I became a novelist is because I love getting lost in a story. But I haven’t had the luxury of time to do …