Quick Tip: Step outside your comfort zone

Visit new places, eat new things, meet new people, read new genres. Open yourself to new experiences.

Quick Tip: Get Involved

Sign up for writers groups, websites, message boards. Volunteer to write articles or help with a conference. Network. Make new friends.

Classics

A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its author had quite probably never heard). It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.~ Edith Wharton (1862 – 1937)

Quick Tip: Be Prepared

Take a pen and paper everywhere you go. You never know when an idea will strike.

Quick Tip: Villain Archetype

Villains have archetypes too! Don’t forget what Terry Odell said about villains…

One-sentence synopsis is the secret of a compelling query by Jan Bear

Many writers dread writing a synopsis as they prepare to query editors and agents about their completed novel. But this vitally important bit of writing doesn’t have to be hard, and it can help the writing process as well as the marketing.
The best time to write your synopsis is before you start writing your novel [...]

Quick Tip: Use Archetypes

Establish your characters using one of the 16 master archetypes. Tami Cowden tells you to ask why your characters do what they do. And by the way, yes, I do recommend her book.

STORY TIPS #10 – HERO’S JOURNEY – ACT II

Last month, we covered the first five steps of the Hero’s Journey; those that take place in Act I. That left us crossing the threshold into Act II, with the steps that make up the middle half of the book.
Step Six – Tests, Allies and Enemies (oh, my.)
This is the special world of the adventure/quest, [...]

Book Publishing Tips for the New Author by Chris Robertson

As a new author, perhaps the most difficult step to realize success is getting your first book published. Book publishing companies each have a procedure you must follow for your book to get published, or even considered. But with a lot of effort and persistence, you’re sure to see the words “manuscript accepted” come through [...]

Article: Update Your Profile

Today is the perfect day to update your user profile on the various sites you’re a member of. I recently logged into Goodreads for the first time in a while. I checked out my profile and realized I had listed my old site URL (journal.alice-anderson.com) instead of my current one (www.alice-anderson.com). So I corrected that. [...]

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