Posted on October 15, 2026 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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Using character tropes the right way: Angela Ackerman explains that a trope serves as a guidepost for readers and a foundation for your creativity, and helps you take the right mindset for putting your unique spin on it (Writers Helping Writers).
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What Sylvester Stallone shows us about being a storyteller: Author Rebecca Morrison shares how the Rocky actor's dedication to studying films, from an early age on, underscores the truth about being a writer — that it's a skill, not an innate gift (Jane Friedman).
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What do you do with your literary skeletons?: Author Julie Christine Johnson offers different questions that she's asked herself about her unfinished or unpublished stories, in hopes you'll discover what to do with your own (Writer Unboxed).
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Classic horror tropes and how modern horror has played with them: If you think abandoned places, cursed objects, found footage, and final girls have been done to death, author Tanya Pell invites you to think again (Writer's Digest).
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Bad choices make good stories: Author Erin Dionne and Joanna Penn discuss the storytelling benefits of presenting a character with two bad choices, among other craft topics (The Creative Penn).
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