Count on Writer's Digest for craft tips

The Writer's Digest craft advice from over the weekend all came in the form of numbered lists – hence our headline pun.

So here are advice lists for a couple of different genres, for your improved writing pleasure ...

• Five ways to make your historical fiction ring true: Author C. E. McGill shares their recommendations for transporting readers into the past, particularly for authors who (like them) didn't come from a history background.

• Five tips for writing a suspense novel: More so than most other genres, a successful suspense tale will leave readers unable to put the book down — so here's how author Lindsay Cameron thinks you can achieve that.

• Five tips for fast-drafting a rom-com: Oh, how many times have we reminded ourselves not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good ... in that spirit, author Livy Hart tells you how to just get started so that you can revise and polish later.