Great Characters Want Important Things and Make Big ChoicesApril 15, 2015 | NovelsEulogy Virtues You may have read an op-ed by David Brooks, called "The Moral Bucket List." In this inspiring ...By: Sarah Aronson
Focusing on Details Can Give You New DirectionApril 14, 2015 | For Beginners, NovelsJillian Sullivan (jilliansullivan.co.nz/) leads writing retreats and serves as faculty at selected workshops. Here ...
My Top 5 Tried and True Horror Tropes for Young Adult NovelsMarch 12, 2015 | NovelsThere’s a reason that tropes become tropes, isn’t there? But there’s also a fine line between a “trope” or homage, ...By: Micol Ostow
Are Your Supporting Characters Doing Their Job?February 6, 2015 | NovelsWe'd like to thank Jan Cheripko (https://jancher.wixsite.com/jancheripko) for this blog post. "Plot is no more ...
6 Ways to Begin to Understand Voice and Find Your OwnSeptember 9, 2014 | Craft Tips, Nonfiction, Novels, Picture BooksSome wisdom about Voice from editor Kim Griswell: Much of what passes across an editor’s desk has a dull ...
5 Elements You Need in Every Scene of Your Middle Grade or Young Adult NovelAugust 4, 2014 | Craft Tips, NovelsWe asked Whole Novel Workshop faculty member Helen Hemphill (helenhemphill.com) her thoughts about scene. Here's ...
Why You Should be Outlining Your Middle Grade NovelJuly 20, 2014 | Craft Tips, For Beginners, NovelsThanks to Alan Gratz (alangratz.com) for this guest post about making an outline before you start writing. The ...
Create Compelling, Believable CharactersJuly 8, 2014 | Craft Tips, Nonfiction, NovelsRich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace were on faculty for our workshop, Fact into Fiction: Writing the Historical ...
Editors Are Looking for Your Authentic VoiceJune 30, 2014 | Craft Tips, Nonfiction, Novels, Picture BooksSome wisdom about Voice from editor Kim Griswell: Discussions of voice tend to begin with one question: Isn’t ...
How to Start Revising That First DraftJune 2, 2014 | Craft Tips, For Beginners, Novels, Picture BooksHarold is faculty for our Crash Course in Children's Publishing and Revision Retreat workshops, so we asked him to ...By: Harold Underdown
How Plot, Setting and Character Can Benefit from Good DialogueApril 15, 2014 | Craft Tips, NovelsThe following article was originally presented by Juanita Havill at the Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop at ...