Jul 3, 2019
You’re a writer. A person— or perhaps the person— the publishing industry would like, at some point, to do business with. How would you answer if I asked what the benefits are of being traditionally published? An advance comes to mind. Then, after a moment of...
Jun 13, 2019
One of the main challenges of being an editor is helping writers grow into better versions of themselves. Not the kind of writers you’d like them to be (more like yourself, obviously), but more like the writers they have the potential to become. To help people grow...
Jun 26, 2019
One of the main challenges of being an editor is helping writers grow into better versions of themselves. Not the kind of writers you’d like them to be (more like yourself, obviously), but more like the writers they have the potential to become. To help people grow...
Apr 23, 2019
When you read about writing you often hear terms like plotting and pantsing. You hear people refer to their writing method as a process, as if creativity could be bottled up or distilled into a sequence of steps. The realities of writing, however, are much more...
Apr 8, 2019
People read because they like to be transported to a different place and a different time. To keep up with demand, writers of all genres keep outdoing themselves by coming up with more detailed or elaborate settings where their stories take place. We’re the CGI...
Apr 5, 2019
All great stories happen to the backdrop of a rich backstory. But how to give the readers the necessary context and nuanced layers of meaning without boring them? The answer is: subtly. The goal of any backstory is to find its way into your narrative without your...
