Developing Your Story for Children or Teenagers

I’ve released a new book on the craft of writing, called You Can Write for Children: A Guide to Writing Great Stories, Articles, and Books f...

The Parts of a Story or Article for Children

I’ve released a new book on the craft of writing, called You Can Write for Children : How to Write Great Stories, Articles, and Books for Ki...

Writing for Children: Developing an Idea

I’m releasing a new book on the craft of writing, called You Can Write for Children : A Guide to Writing Great Stories, Articles, and Books ...

Turning an Idea into Story: End with a Bang

Back in June I started talking about turning an idea into a story by breaking it down into four main parts: situation, complications, clima...

Strong Writing: Raising the Stakes

In my Friday craft posts, I’ve been talking about plotting – how to develop an idea into a story and how to pack the plot full of action. No...

Turning an Idea into Story: Pump up the Drama

I talked last week about how I expanded   The Ghost on the Stairs , to match Aladdin’s series guidelines. I added complications, and about ...

Did I Really Write Eddie’s War?: Carol Fisher Saller guest post

Today we continue the series of guest authors published by namelos. Carol Fisher Saller talks about writing her historical verse novel Eddie...

Turning an Idea into a Story: Making Muscular Action!

My Friday craft posts have been covering turning an idea into a story. Here are some more tips for building a strong middle by increasing th...

Turning an Idea into Story: Building the Middle

Last Friday, I discussed the four parts of a story: situation, complications, climax, and resolution, and explored how to set up a situation...

Turning an Idea into Story: The Situation

People often ask writers, “Where do you find your ideas?” But for a writer, the more important question is, “What do I do with my idea?” If ...