5 Common Problems in Your Young Adult Manuscr...

posted on: Apr 5, 2013 | author: KristiCook

Lately, I’ve been noticing a series of common problems popping up in a lot of young adult manuscripts (and even published YA novels!).  Does...

What Every Writer Ought to Know about Flashba...

posted on: Jul 11, 2012 | author: Lori Devoti

Flashbacks are a scene or piece of a scene from a past time that is interjected into an ongoing story. They are usually presented as a memory of POV...

Motivation Reaction Units – for pacing ...

posted on: May 23, 2011 | author: Lori Devoti

When I first started writing, I’d never heard of a motivation reaction unit (MRU). What I did know, though, was sometimes things just...

Six Ways to Add Suspense to Any Book

posted on: May 2, 2011 | author: Lori Devoti

There are a lot of ways to build suspense and add tension to your works of fiction. Here are six of my favorites. Changing Point of View - Since...

Writing a Page-Turning Novel: Pacing with Wor...

posted on: Feb 11, 2011 | author: Kathy Steffen

Use the right word and not its second cousin. –Mark Twain The words you use, and the order and way you use them, makes a huge difference in the...

Writing a Page-Turning Novel: What’s th...

posted on: Feb 7, 2011 | author: Kathy Steffen

Don’t you just love it when you read a book and become so involved, you miss sleep to finish the next page? When you’d rather read another...