oes your story need more conflict? So you added more obstacles. Then you need more tension? Frustrated? This will solve your conflict with conflict and tension.

Writing a story to theme helps steer the writing in the right direction. Sarah (Sally) Hamer offers questions to help us find the heart of our story.

Descriptions can be a reader's put-downable or can't-stop-now moment. Learn six techniques to power-up the descriptions in your fiction.

Complex character relationships keep readers coming back. Part Two of this series identifies how to deepen the fictional relationships in your stories.

In part two of this YA writing series by Kris Maze, let’s dive into examples from some popular YA novels and break down how they build their worlds.