Posted on May 6, 2026 at 10:00 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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Once upon a page: Donald Maass uses a sample midpoint passage to illustrate how every single scene in your novel can tell a micro-story that ties into the overall premise (Writer Unboxed).
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How often can you ask your reader to jump?: Book coach Seth Harwood encourages authors to think critically about whether, each time they switch time, location, or point of view, this major transition is necessary — or whether the information from this new time, place, or POV could be conveyed another way or time (Jane Friedman).
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Techniques for showing a character's suppressed emotion: Becca Puglisi uses fear as the example in her lessons on how characters can show, not tell, the way they're actually feeling (Live Write Thrive).
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