Posted on March 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The publishing experts we follow have plenty of craft and process advice to offer.
Here are the ones that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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How to write a likable character: Lucy V. Hays lists a few personality traits with well-known examples to help you write a character that your readers will both like and believe in (Writers Helping Writers).
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Watching them grow up in print: Dave King discusses how to show growth and maturity in characters who begin and end the novel as children (Writer Unboxed).
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Childhood as our touchstone for wonder: Elizabeth Sims invites writers to think back to their young days and how they could become absorbed in the most mundane things, and then to use that same sense of wonder in exploring ideas for writing (Writer's Digest).
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Desmond's Drops: Desmond Hall unpacks three aspects of the inciting incident in separate videos (Writer Unboxed).
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