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Driving your Young Adult Novel’s Plot

posted on: May 10, 2013 | author: KristiCook

This month I’m going to talk about craft–specifically, structuring the plot of your YA novel.  Often when I’m instructing writing...

Young Adult Fiction and Writing “The En...

posted on: Dec 7, 2012 | author: KristiCook

There’s nothing more satisfying–and more challenging–than writing the final chapter of your young adult novel, particularly if that...

Dear Young Adult Author…

posted on: Sep 7, 2012 | author: KristiCook

To follow up on last month’s post, I checked in with a wide range of middle-school- and high-school-age readers and asked them to speak...

Five Scenes Every Romance Novel Needs

posted on: Jul 30, 2012 | author: Lori Devoti

Romance gets a bad rap as being formulaic, and it isn’t. At least no more so than any other popular fiction genre. What romance and other genre...

Ten Steps to Fill Plot Holes

posted on: Jul 18, 2012 | author: Kathy Steffen

As writers we ask our readers to suspend disbelief all the time, but one thing we don’t want in our story—a big gaping plot hole. Stretch...

How to Write a Romance

posted on: Apr 30, 2012 | author: Lori Devoti

Contrary to what some people seem to think, writing a romance is no easier than writing any other type of book. In fact, if writing romance and...

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