Posted on July 24, 2023 at 10:10 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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Writing from your shadow side: Joanna Penn and Michaelbrent Collings discuss how writing from your darker side — that is, from areas of fear, guilt, and shame — can result in fiction that resonates with readers (The Creative Penn).
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Writing from shame is hard, but it's the best place to begin: On a similar note, author Molly Dektar describes how writing from a place of shame has given direction and life to her fiction (Writer's Digest).
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Finding your characters' energy motivators: Author, naturalist, and yogi Deborah-Zenha Adams explains how the concept of chakras can be applied to creating well-rounded, believable characters (Anne R. Allen's Blog... with Ruth Harris).
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The hopeless romantic: Becca Puglisi unpacks the character type of hopeless romantic — providing traits, associated behaviors, ways to challenge them, and more — in the latest entry of her type and trope thesaurus series (Writers Helping Writers).
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A complete list of book tropes: Dave Chesson goes bigger picture and provides a roundup of story tropes, arranged by genre (Kindlepreneur).
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Five tips on writing time travel that works: Author Nancy McCabe shares the techniques that helped her write a successful time-travel story (Writer's Digest).
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