Voice is hard. It's one of the major factors that gets critiqued by agents (and your readers). You have your own author voice and...

These are my biggest take-away tips after reading five writing craft novels.

After receiving feedback from a few mentors and directly asking them how they critique, I put together a blog detailing their thoughts.

Here's a list of outlining methods to help you outline your book.

Do you struggle to find time to read while writing your novel? Emily and I give 12 tips on how to read more while writing.

There is some grey area when it comes to if your story is Middle Grade or Young Adult. In this post I'll walk you through how to decide...

Subplots are great tools to add depth, details, and tension to your story. They help develop your characters and show readers more about...

A trope is a commonly recurring device to showcase your plot, characters, theme, etc. Many of them have become cliches, many are now...

A theme is the underlying message or big idea in your story. There are also minor themes that can be in your story as well. The theme can...