Posted on June 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft and creative process advice to offer.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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How a misbelief about love can guide your romance: Trisha Jenn Loehr explains that a character's incorrect belief about themselves and/or the concept of love will provide the book's necessary obstacle, enable the character's growth arc, and underscore your novel's theme (Jane Friedman).
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Should you write what you know or experiment?: Savannah Cordova highlights when each of these approaches benefits your writing — in other words, consider both options; in still other words, consider that you should know what you write, instead (Writers Helping Writers).
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Tricky punctuation marks: Becca Puglisi provides a primer on using semicolons, dashes, and colons (Writers Helping Writers).
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