Jane Friedman's craft tips: June 14, 2024

Here's the craft advice from Jane Friedman's blog contributors that came in while we were away for a summer vacation.

• How naming a character is like naming a child (from author Ginny Kubitz Moyer)

• What do we really mean when we say "show, don't tell"? (from author and book coach Janet S. Fox) 

• How symbols can support your writing life (from book coach and author Lisa Tener)

• What to ask your beta reader (from Andrew Noakes, founder of a service that provides beta readers)

• The missing link in memoir character development (from writer and editor Lisa Cooper Ellison)