How Not to Mess Up Your YA Novel
Although the mad scramble for YA that followed The Hunger Games madness has faded somewhat, it’s still true that writing Young Adult fiction can be…
Special Reports
12 Ways to Improve Your Pacing
Pacing is what we call the speed at which your story flows: its ebb and flow, when it’s fast and when it’s slow. We’ve all…
Conflict is the Lifeblood of Captivating Stories
I went to the store, bought the stuff on my list, spent the amount of money I expected, then came home and put it all…
Writing Book Descriptions with Artificial Intelligence
We have recently spent some time testing different A.I. models to see how well they stack up against one another for creating a rough draft…
The Big, Bad List of Low-Content (and Medium-Content) Book Publishing
The best way to make more money on Amazon is to have more books up on Amazon that you’re selling. Even better, once the book…
Book Review: Content for Everyone
This review was originally posted in our weekly email newsletter a few months ago. The author has since joined us to talk specifically about the…
The Writing Diet: How to Slim Your (Novel’s) Sagging Middle
Although a few seasoned experts have solved the problem, and an even smaller number of writers have an applicable talent, the truth is middles are…
20 Tropes to Avoid in Your Writing
Tropes are a double-edged sword for writers. At their best, they serve as a shorthand to communicate complex concepts with simple, familiar phrases, characters, or…
The Real Deal About Keyword Research
Once upon a time the best way to get attention from a reading audience was to research that audience deeply, then advertise to them on…
Copyright for AI Generated Content
Previously, we explored the growing concerns around AI-generated content and whether it posed a threat to human authors. While the influx of AI-generated books, articles,…
Brandon Sanderson on Writing
If you write or read fantasy, you have definitely heard of Brandon Sanderson. If you’re interested in fiction, you’ve probably heard of him. He’s the…
How Not to Mess Up Your Fantasy Novel
I get it. One reason that you’re writing fantasy is that you don’t want to be constrained by rules. If you wanted things like physics,…
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