Should introverts plot? Should extraverts pants? Julie Glover addresses a study recommending writing process based on personality type.

by Janice Hardy I work with a lot of new writers, and a common frustration I see is getting tangled up in the details of the story and being unable to see the larger problem. These writers have a general sense of what they want their novels to be about, but they keep focusing on […]

by Fae Rowen Because I've got the October 2 blog date, I get to say Happy Birthday to my mother here. Happy Birthday, Mom! Thanks for indulging me. And for finding today's target word twice in the first sentence. "Get" and it's multi-tense derivative "got" could be nominated for one of the words everyone, not […]

Piper Bayard describes the 10 character traits shared by all authentic intelligence community professionals. This is invaluable for your characters!

Laura I looked it up. This blog was born in April of 2010, when our critique group sat in Charla Rae’s office and came up with the crazy idea of a blog to help writers improve their craft and not feel so alone, working in solitude. We’ve posted three times a week since then and […]