Posted on September 3, 2026 at 12:01 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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How to deliver important backstory using the setting: Angela Ackerman's secret to providing backstory without doing a dump? Use the story's setting as inspiration for describing only what's relevant to the moment (Writers Helping Writers).
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Highlights from a "homemade MFA": Author Randy Susan Meyers shares ten key pieces of advice from the reading she did — both instructional and fiction — to teach herself the art of writing, along with a reminder to deploy them most enthusiastically in the revision stage (Writer Unboxed).
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Write about your trauma ... but not for the reasons you might think: Editor Maggie Langrick explains that your familiarity with a traumatic event, as well as your reluctance to face it head-on, can help develop your craft skills for any work that you do publish (Jane Friedman).
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