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Is My Story Working?
Every writer I know (published or unpublished, fiction or memoir) has asked at some point: Is my story working? The question usually arrives somewhere in the murky middle of […]
Playing with Gender on the Page
What happens when you’re writing nonbinary characters who don’t fall neatly into he/him or she/her? How do you write someone whose gender identity doesn’t conform to expectations, especially when you’re […]
The Fear of Being Seen
Let’s be honest: writing is vulnerable work. Even if you’re working on a made-up fantasy novel with dragons and sword fights, your fingerprints are all over the page. Your values, […]
Is It Time to Build an Author Platform?
If the phrase “author platform” makes you want to close your laptop and disappear into the woods, you’re not alone. For many writers, the idea of putting yourself out there […]
Finding Your Way Back to Writing After a Disruption
You were writing regularly. The words were flowing. Or maybe they weren’t, but you were showing up, doing the work. And then something happened. Life, as it does, intervened. A […]
Impatient With Your Draft? Here’s What That Really Means
|If you’ve found yourself staring at your draft and thinking, Why is this taking so long? you’re not broken. You’re not behind. And you’re not doing it wrong. You’re just […]
Own Your Age: Writing as a Later Bloomer
Somewhere along the way, a message took root in the writing world: if you haven’t published your first novel by 30, or 40, or 50, you’ve missed your chance. This […]
What to Cut, What to Keep: Editing Your Draft with Confidence
So you finished a draft. Congratulations! Pause here for a second. Really pause. This thing you’ve done puts you in a small, determined club. Most people never get this far. […]
Multiple Points of View vs. Single POV
One of the questions I hear most from fiction writers sounds simple on the surface and turns out not to be simple at all. Should I use a single point […]
What to Do When Your Draft Feels Boring
It happens more often than you might think: a writer hits the midpoint of a project, looks at their screen, and thinks, Is this… dull? If you’re wondering what to […]