This gem by artist Brian Andreas exemplifies the essence of story. Can you feel the yearning in it?
Agents and editors want a synopsis that gives away the ending.
Mary Lou Hall‘s debut novel Wirewalker came out in September 2016, introducing YA readers to 14 year-old Clarence Feather, a…
The other day while reading Raymie Nightengale by Kate DiCamillo, I hit a passage that from a craft…
In this post by author Kathy Steffen, she talks about “giving your characters accountability.” I thought that was an odd…
Last month I posted about endings, then tried my own suggestion: I wrote a possible final chapter. Once I had…
Once when I was young and read a novel with a fabulous twist at the end (I’ve forgotten the book,…
This week’s Writing Show, “Editing for Emotional Impact,” presented by James River Writers, was like a cornucopia of craft tips,…
When I was a student in the MFA program at Vermont College of Fine Arts, I heard Jane Kurtz, the…
For months I’ve been trying to find the right opening for the novel I started in 2013, and I think…