Setting the Scene
Kickstarting Your YA Novel
How and Why to Add Romance to Any Story You Tell
Writing Mysteries for the YA Market
How Much Research is Necessary to Serve Your Story?
The Four Tools Every Armchair Historian Needs When Writing and Researching
How to Research Your Novel Like a Reporter
The Self and the World: Deepening the Personal Narrative through Research and Reportage
How to Write a Beautiful Publishable First Person Essay That Can Change Your Career and Life
Shaping Our Stories: Approaches to Narrative Voice in Creative Nonfiction
Writing Vivid Scenes Even When Your Memory Is Spotty
Truth Is the Arrow, Mercy Is the Bow: How to Tell the Unbearable Story
Cracking the Code: Using Experimentation to Tap the Lyric Essay
How Three Pages Can Launch Your Book
Master Pacing: How Secrets, Twists, and Foreshadowing Amp Things Up
Creating Nonstop Plotting in Commercial Fiction
How to Keep Readers Engaged
Thinking Beyond the First Book
Writing a Trilogy for Young Adult Readers
Humor Your Readers Can Visualize: How to Make Writing Funnier
Anatomy of a Compelling (and Effective) Story
Propelling Narratives Forward: The Dynamics of Engaging Storytelling
Top Ten Mistakes Authors Make When Writing Stories
Finding the Story in Moments of Helplessness