Posted on January 20, 2026 at 10:58 AM 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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How to improve your attempts to write fiction for change: Author Nina Amir offers nonfiction tools that novelists can incorporate into their stories — or in addition to their stories — if they want to inspire a curiosity about change in readers (Live Write Thrive).
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Five ways to hide your villain: If you want your readers to be shocked — but convinced — that a character who was seemingly on the right side of things actually isn't, then check out Jill Boehme's techniques to effect this major plot twist (Writers Helping Writers).
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Pace and tempo: Dave King uses a Johann Sebastian Bach composition to teach writers lessons about tempo and pace in their craft (Writer Unboxed).
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