Craft tips for authors: March 21, 2024

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:

• Three things I learned writing fairy-tale adaptations: Award-winning author Cynthia Pelayo explains how to balance the familiar story with your new elements (Writer's Digest).

• Blake Snyder's Save the Cat genres, part two: Desmond Hall covers the basics of the categories dubbed buddy love, rites of passage, and dude with a problem (Writer Unboxed). 

• From the heart: Jeff Somers says that writing funny fiction starts with love and gives you tips for doing so (Writer's Digest).