Editing Your Novel during #NaNoEdMo – Fine Tuning

In honor of # NaNoEdMo (National Novel Editing Month), I'm sharing some advice from  You Can Write for Children : A Guide to Writing Gr...

Editing Your Novel during #NaNoEdMo – The Big Picture

In honor of # NaNoEdMo (National Novel Editing Month), I'm sharing some advice from   You Can Write for Children : A Guide to Writing G...

Get Critique Feedback from a Pro

Expert writers often share advice I’ve released a new book on the craft of writing, called You Can Write for Children : How to Write Great S...

Writing Tight: Don't Be Wordy

I have two tight deadlines next week, but I've already missed a couple of posts recently, so here's a quickie. I do a lot of manuscr...

How to Write Vivid Scenes 3: Cause and Effect

I've been talking about writing vivid scenes, an important part of keeping suspense and tension up throughout your novel. Let's fini...

How to Write Vivid Scenes part 2

Last week I talked about how to write vivid scenes by focusing on action and dialogue (not summary) and by including conflict. Now let's...