Posted on April 29, 2024 at 10:00 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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A wedged bear in great tightness: Author Natalie Hart's recent personal frustrations led her to reflect on how to explore your characters' behavior when they're trapped (Writer Unboxed).
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7 growth milestones to build a character arc: K.M. Weiland offers several ways to illustrate to readers that your character has changed (Helping Writers Become Authors).
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The nice guy/girl: Becca Puglisi shares the characteristics of this trope and how to successfully use — or twist — them (Writers Helping Writers).
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Writing and writing as opposite genders: Kristen Tsetsi reflects on gender in writing, as it pertains to her own pen name decisions and as it pertains to other authors creating characters of a different gender (Women Writers, Women's Books).
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Depth and meaning in fiction: Susan DeFreitas offers four ways to use darker (i.e., not cheerful or uplifting) themes to add layers to your fiction (Writer Unboxed).
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Why identifying genre matters: C.S. Lakin provides five steps for using genre markers in order to write fiction that lands with its target audience (Live Write Thrive).
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