Posted on March 2, 2026 at 12:00 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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Coping mechanism thesaurus — practicing forgiveness: Becca Puglisi gives examples of how practicing forgiveness, as a way to process and handle stress and hurt, can hold your character back (Writers Helping Writers).
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Using contradictions to create microtension, part four: This installment of C.S. Lakin's series focuses on the ways that contradictions between how a character thinks and behaves can intensify your story (Live Write Thrive).
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How to get out of your head and into your story: K.M. Weiland explains how to practice embodied writing — that is, writing from a lived, sensory experience rather than from craft techniques alone (Helping Writers Become Authors).
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Five takeaways from an AI versus human writing contest: The good news is that human-written work received better marks in Storywise's competition; Jeremy Esekow underscores what gave those competitors the edge over AI, which, he must acknowledge, is getting quite good (Anne R. Allen's Blog... with Ruth Harris).
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