Novel Writing Regrets? Avoid These Oops, Oh Nos, & Uh OhsJune 19, 2019 | NovelsFixing a Novel That's On Shaky Ground Describe one time when the foundation of your novel was on shaky ground. ...By: K.L. GoingClara Gillow Clark
Podcast: Jennifer Jacobson: Writing Retreats & Taking Your Creativity to the Next LevelJune 15, 2019 | Novels, PodcastsJennifer Jacobson talks about Unworkshopping at Highlights, the Whole Novel workshop, and taking your creativity ...By: Jennifer Jacobson
Podcast: Christine Heppermann & Deborah Kovacs: Writing the UnrealJune 11, 2019 | Novels, PodcastsChristine Heppermann and Deborah Kovacs discuss the Writing the Unreal workshop and their many roles in the ...
Using a Revision Grid to Break A Story Down Into ElementsMay 30, 2019 | Novels, Picture Books, RevisionThanks to Harold Underdown for this blog post! Harold is co-faculty with Eileen Robinson for our Revision Retreat ...By: Harold Underdown
8 Articles to Help You Write a #kidlit NovelMay 14, 2019 | Novels, Novels in VerseNovelists, here are some blogs that will help you begin, organize and revise your novel. Get Your Novel Off to a ...
Without a Great Villain, There are No Great HeroesApril 26, 2019 | NovelsSpecial thanks to agent DongWon Song for this blog post. DongWon was on the faculty for Anti-heroes and Villains: ...
Identity as Fairy DustJanuary 10, 2019 | Jewish Voices, NovelsIn the middle grade manuscript I’m currently writing, two friends sneak into the nearby woods and see something ...By: Linda Epstein
Look at Your Manuscript: How Well is the Form Serving the Story?September 10, 2018 | For Beginners, Novels, Novels in VerseWe'd like to thank Kathi Appelt (kathiappelt.com) for this blog post! When it comes down to a story, we know to ...
As Simple As Possible: Three Ways To Tighten Your ProseAugust 26, 2018 | LGBTQIA+ Voices, Novels, RevisionAs someone who writes a lot of middle grade material that is meant to be fast-reading and narratively compact, I ...By: Chris Tebbetts
Who, What, Where, and Usually Why: Revising ScenesAugust 23, 2018 | Novels, RevisionThank you to Sage Blackwood for this blog post! When I draft and revise my novels, I divide them into scenes. A ...
Padma Venkatraman on Plot, One of the Hardest Aspects of Writing a NovelAugust 13, 2018 | Asian American Voices, Novels, Novels in VerseWe'd like to thank Padma Venkatraman for this blog post! As she says below, she has "managed to successfully plot ...By: Padma Venkatraman
Scholarship Thanks: Exactly Where I Was Supposed to BeJuly 2, 2018 | Community Good News, Novels, Scholarship StoriesBy Rebecca Jordan-Glum James Ransome was a professor of mine at Pratt Institute many years ago and told me about ...