By Element

Keeping the Promise: 10 Unwritten Promises Readers Expect You to Keep

Inventing the Past: Making People and Places Resonate With Readers

What's Said and Unsaid: Crafting Dialogue in Fiction

Things That Make or Break a Romance Novel

Exploring the Villain's Journey: Crafting Compelling Antagonists

Plotting Your Novel From Start to Finish

Plotting the Commercial Novel

How Much Research is Necessary to Serve Your Story?

Master Pacing: How Secrets, Twists, and Foreshadowing Amp Things Up

Creating Nonstop Plotting in Commercial Fiction

Anatomy of a Compelling (and Effective) Story

Developing a Writing Life

How to Write Great Characters for Great Stories

The First 100 Pages: How to Get a Book Up and Breathing

Conquering the Muddle in the Middle

Everything I Wish I’d Known Before Writing the Book

How Thinking Like a Comedy Writer Can Improve Your Writing, No Matter the Genre

Controlling Pacing in Your Science Fiction/Fantasy Novel

Mixed Media: How Music, Newspapers, and Art Can Spark and Structure Compelling Short Fiction

How to Use Point of View and Voice to Shape Compelling Stories

From Self to Universe: Building Character Relationships

Editing and Revising Your Romance Novel

Get It Done: How to Conquer Procrastination, Crush Writer’s Block, and Create Killer Plot Twists Even If the Well Feels Dry

Cracking the Code: Using Experimentation to Tap the Lyric Essay