Posted on August 20, 2026 at 12:02 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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Are you editing your book ... or yourself?: Literary agent Jessica Berg explains how to tell whether you're making changes that actually improve the manuscript or ones that simply soothe your inner critic's irrational fears (Writer's Digest).
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What fear edits out of your manuscript: On a similar note, author Kristy Halvorsen describes how her editor didn't excise parts of her memoir that she expected him to and how, while it terrified her, she now sees it as invaluable to the work (Writer's Digest).
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What your characters fear: Jim Dempsey unpacks how the two types of fear — of never getting what you want, and of losing what you have — shape human behavior and, thus, create the drama you need to drive your fiction forward (Writer Unboxed).
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