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How Do You Know What Backstory to Include?

Photo by Eepeng Cheong on Unsplash Today’s post is by editor Tiffany Yates Martin (@FoxPrintEd). Join her for the three-part online class Mastering Backstory for Novelists beginning on April 10. Backstory tends to fall into two main categories. The first and most ubiquitous kind pervades the story with subtle brushstrokes, filling...

Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:47
Using Beat Sheets to Slant Your Memoir’s Scenes

Today’s post is by writer and editor Lisa Cooper Ellison. Join her on Wednesday, April 3, for the online class Craft Your Memoir’s Beat Sheet. Most memoirs involve some kind of loss—a breakup, a displacement, a dismantled dream, the death of someone dearly loved. The more painful the event, the more you’ll want to write about...

Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:32
Pay Attention to the Obsessive Workings of Your Mind

Photo by Ian Noble on Unsplash Today’s post is by author and editor Lynn Schmeidler (@lynnschmeidler). On New Year’s Day, during my senior year of college, a gruesome double murder took place in my hometown. The couple stabbed to death in their sleep lived across the street from my aunt and uncle, around the corner from my childhood...

Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:42
Writing the Other: 4 Not So Easy (But Doable!) Steps

Photo by Agence Olloweb on Unsplash Today’s post is by author and book coach Samantha Cameron. Most writers know the importance of portraying underrepresented characters in their work but are anxious when it comes to writing about an identity other than their own. There’s pressure to get it right, and so many ways it can go wrong....

Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:12
How and Where to Build Your Literary Community

Photo by Andraz Lazic on Unsplash Today’s post is by writer Star Wuerdemann. In 2015, I attended a writing retreat with Natalie Goldberg and had a terrible revelation. As I sat in a room among 75 people diligently scribbling in notebooks, I realized: I had no writer friends. Now, nine years later, I have a solid writing...

Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:43
Going After the Widest Audience Possible: Q&A with Award-Winning Author Jami Fairleigh

For years now, the Indie Author Project has made an effort to find the best self-published books in communities across the U.S. and Canada. The project encompasses public libraries, authors, curators, and readers working together to connect library patrons with great self-published work, primarily in fiction. The Indie Author Project...

Wed Mar 13, 2024 15:20

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