Knowing When to Take a Break
by Susan Dennard ~~ As some of you may know, I took a break from the internet for 1.5 weeks. No, I didn’t completely leave the internet behind, I just stopped tweeting and only answered emails of...
View ArticleThe Importance of Focus
by Kat Zhang ~~~ Hi guys! Wow, it feels like it’s been forever since I’ve done a real post here! I’ve missed you guys 🙂 ❤ I’d like to start this post off by showing you two pictures. First, this one:...
View ArticleHigh Context Versus Low Context – the Communication Style of Your Story
by Julie Eshbaugh ~~~ In 1976, Anthropologist Edward T. Hall published a book titled BEYOND CULTURE. Through this book, Hall popularized a theory of two main styles of communication. He called these...
View ArticleAllow me to romance you while you question your sanity.
by Biljana Likic ~~~ Ah, l’amour! Love, in any form, is pretty sweet. It’s why you constantly see me writing about it. I’m a hopeless romantic. And while I can’t consider myself an expert on romance, I...
View ArticleShow versus Tell: Macro-, Micro-, and When to Use It
by Susan Dennard ~~ Note: This post has been UPDATED and re-posted on Pub(lishing) Crawl! ~~~ Susan Dennard is a writer, reader, lover of animals, and eater of cookies. Her debut, SOMETHING STRANGE AND...
View ArticleResearching Your Story – A Four-Step Strategy
by Julie Eshbaugh ~~~ Unless you’re writing a book about your own life, chances are you’ll have to do some sort of research before you can say your novel is finished. (Even if your book IS about your...
View ArticleVictory Fist Pump!
by Susan Dennard ~~ So, the first round of the Nautilus Writing Workshop Writing for Young Adults came to a close last week. Sarah and I hope (and think!) our six diligent students learned a lot, but...
View ArticleWriting a Saleable Book
by Susan Dennard ~~ Recently, someone asked me: What is required to make a book saleable? That is a rather large-in-scope question, and as such, I’m afraid my answer will be kinda vague. All the same,...
View ArticleHolding Yourself (and Your Writing) Accountable
by Susan Dennard ~~ I’ve talked about productivity before. About how BICHOK is one sure-fire way to get your writing where it needs to be. About how focused practice is the only way to get better....
View ArticleDifferents Types of Romance, or My Love For You Can’t Be Labeled
by Susan Dennard ~~ When it comes to romance in YA (or really any novel), how the romantically-involved characters first meet is dictated very much by the type of romance you want to create. For...
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