Jun 17, 202019 minGetting UnblockedA Session with KJ Steele Have you ever noticed that all living things seem to have some form of movement or flow? It may be physical...
Jun 17, 20208 minCREATING A SENSE OF PLACE AS A CHARACTERA Session with Leora Skolkin-Smith The famous literary critic, Walter Benjamin, in his essay, “Excavation and Memory” once wrote, “For...
Jun 17, 20206 minA Novel IdeaA Session with Lynn Voedisch Writers often are besieged with that unanswerable question, “where do you get the ideas for your novels?”...
Jun 17, 202018 minThe Power & Precision of Writing Believable, Readable DialogueA Session with Laurel Dewey “What’s this?” you said, upon reading the title of this article. “I write dialogue just fine, thank you. I...
Jun 17, 202013 minFIXING A HOLE WHERE THE RAIN GETS IN: Third act problems … and solutionsA Session with Peter Seth When I finished the first draft of the book that became my novel WHAT IT WAS LIKE, I didn’t think I had any...
Jun 17, 20206 minStoryboarding for Depth and ClarityA Session with Earl Javorsky There are lots of ways to create a novel. You can start with an idea—What if the Germans won World War...