Posted on December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft advice to offer.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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Coping mechanism thesaurus — intellectualization: Angela Ackerman gives examples of how intellectualization, as a way to process and handle stress and hurt, can both help your character and hold them back (Writers Helping Writers).
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4 tips for researching historical biographies: Historian Judith Lissauer Cromwell encourages other writers to cast a wide net when it comes to research and explains what form that advice takes (Writer's Digest).
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How journalism research is great training for fiction: Marshall Fine shares how his early career as a reporter has paid off in his time as a novelist — and how you can follow suit without taking a journalism gig (Writer's Digest).
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Edit your book as if it's a screenplay: Continuing the theme of borrowing strategies from other media is Lesley Krueger, who applied some of the tools she typically used in her role as a movie's story editor to a novel, to great success (Jane Friedman).
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