Posted on August 8, 2023 at 3:10 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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The two most important tricks for how to build suspense: No matter the genre, a moment of suspense in a novel requires you to have both a question and a wait, says K.M. Weiland (Helping Writers Become Authors)
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What is the denouement of a story?: Dave Chesson defines the term (and shares the other names it's known by) and shares examples of well-crafted ones (Kindlepreneur).
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How to better establish the tone in your opening: Editor Sangeeta Mehta offers constructive criticism for the beginning pages of a novel, which you yourself can read (Jane Friedman).
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Making British characters realistic as an American writer, and vice versa: Joanna Penn also hosts an editor on her blog, in this case so that authors writing in English can tailor their language better to their audience, their characters or both (The Creative Penn).
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