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book review
Jul 21, 2019
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3 min read
James Scott Bell’s advice on how you can use three key plot moments to structure your novel.
Jul 14, 2019
A review of KM Weiland's practical, action-oriented method for outlining your novel.
Jun 23, 2019
4 min read
Wisdom from Le Guin on how to manage tense, point of view, and pacing – plus reassurance that your story will find its way.
Jun 16, 2019
5 min read
If you are a novelist looking to improve your sentences, Brian Shawver’s The Language of Fiction should be on your reading list.
Jun 2, 2019
Janice Hardy’s advice on revision, characters, and more.
May 26, 2019
A step-by-step guide to planning and writing a well-plotted mystery.
May 19, 2019
6 min read
A review of the newest edition of Janet Burroway’s Writing Fiction, the standard text used in many creative writing programs.
May 12, 2019
Is the tough love Twyla Tharp provides in The Creative Habit the push you need to get past writer’s block?
May 5, 2019
7 min read
What is a novel? Jane Smiley grapples with this question – and how to write one – in 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel.
Apr 28, 2019
How to play with words: lessons from Constance Hale’s Sin and Syntax.
