Improve Your Writing

Crafting the Characters Your Readers will Love

Kick Your Scene Into Action! OnDemand Webinar

How to Weave Backstory Seamlessly Into Your Novel

Living Dialog: Bring Your Characters' Words to Life, Part One: The Basics

Find, Fix, and Finesse Your Plot into a Winning Idea

From Crime Scene to Court Room: What Happens After The Body Is Found?

Person, Place, or Crime: Where to Start Your Mystery

Exploring the Villain's Journey: Crafting Compelling Antagonists

The Maddening Middle

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

How to Add a Touch of Mystery to Your Historical Fiction--Whether or Not You're Writing a Mystery

10 Tips for Researching and Writing Historical Fiction

Controlling Pacing in Your Science Fiction/Fantasy Novel