Posted on October 12, 2023 at 4:00 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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How connected settings give your fiction emotional depth: Author and book coach C.S. Lakin makes the case for choosing a location for a scene that will amplify or trigger strong feelings in your characters (Jane Friedman).
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How to create mood effectively in your fiction: Lakin flips the script here and focuses on how what's inside of a character will affect how she or he perceives the outside world ... which, in turn, is how we readers experience it (Writers Helping Writers).
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How to use archetypes in a series: Author K.M. Weiland explains how to understand the shape of your series, in order to decide how your character's archetype changes — or doesn't change (Helping Writers Become Authors).
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World-building templates: Jason Hamilton provides 101 questions to ask yourself — you don't need to do them all! — to guide your creation of an immersive world (Kindlepreneur).
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Four reasons to use multiple points of view in your novel: Author Céline Keating says the extra effort it takes to effectively use multiple points of view is well worth it, if your story has a few specific goals (Women On Writing).
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