3 Tricks to Keep a First Draft Going
Keeping your momentum going while writing the first draft of your novel can be tough. Use these three tricks to get out of the revision black hole and keep your first draft on track!
An Editor’s Musings: Protecting Your Creativity
How do you avoid creative burnout and prioritize your personal projects while working full-time in the publishing industry? Amber shares her heart and some tips in this journal entry.
How Passive Action Can Actually Boost Your Pacing
You can use passive action to accelerate your pacing and draw attention to important events in your scene—without omitting necessary details or clunking up your sentences. Find out how.
How to Nail Your Chapter’s Ending
The end of your chapter should convince the reader to keep reading. Let’s talk about three strong techniques you can use to end chapters: cliff-hangers, bookends, and zooming out.
3 Tricks to Navigating Your Tough Scenes
Do you have a scene buzzing around in your head that refuses to get down on paper? Here are three techniques you can use to nail down a first draft.
The Anatomy of a Scene
Ever wonder what goes on beneath the surface of your favorite scenes? When drafting your scenes, you can put them under the knife to dissect their core elements using this nifty analogy.