One author's lessons from binge-watching

Posted on 04/10/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

2020 was certainly a year that challenged us to find the silver linings, if at all possible. And author Deanna...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Writer Unboxed, Writing advice

Ensure that your book's dialogue moves the story along

Posted on 04/09/2021 at 09:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We recently shared a post on the importance of dialogue, and we’ll follow up with more advice from another source....

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Writing advice, Zara Altair

How to ensure your character's moment of change feels powerful

Posted on 04/06/2021 at 09:48 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re over a year out from the moments when we realized that the COVID-19 epidemic was going to dramatically change...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Writer Unboxed, Writing advice

What the Dialogue Doctor prescribes for your writing

Posted on 04/05/2021 at 10:12 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Early on in Jeff Elkins’s writing career, he decided to analyze some ongoing bestsellers to see what characteristics they had...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Joanna Penn, Writing advice

5 tips for adding an animal to your novel's fight scene

Posted on 04/02/2021 at 03:06 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re sensing a theme at Writer’s Digest (and, honestly, enjoying rolling with it). We’ve now gone from tips on developing...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Writer's Digest, Writing advice

A bestselling author's primer on thriller pacing

Posted on 04/02/2021 at 09:09 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Both a mystery and a thriller — if done well — make a reader eager to complete the book and...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Mystery, Thriller, Writing advice

Storytelling tips from classic novels

Posted on 03/27/2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One of the easiest ways to learn about writing and storytelling is, of course, to read other authors. Ethan Miller...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: C.S. Lakin / Live Write Thrive, Writing advice

How to show action affecting an unconscious POV character

Posted on 03/26/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you’ve been following our newswire for any length of time, you’ve become aware of the perils of “head-hopping.” That’s...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Characters, Louise Harnby, Writing advice

Write what you know, but keep it interesting to readers

Posted on 03/25/2021 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It seems more than natural for authors to include tidbits from their lives (or the lives of those they know)...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Writing advice

Unsure of your book's ending? Just keep writing!

Posted on 03/24/2021 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You might begin your novel with no idea where it’ll go, or you might discover that the characters have something...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Jane Friedman, Writing advice