Lynette M. Burrows demonstrates how you can create compelling scenes the MRU, a tool from Dwight V. Swain's Techniques of a Selling Writer.

Learn how to write a compelling first line to hook your readers and keep them turning the pages by digging into a scene that starts with a bang.

Knowledge of crime is essential for those of us who write espionage or crime novels. Piper Bayard shares the criminal's approach to carjacking and kidnapping.

From start to finish, creating a book-length story is a lot of work. James Preston shares the When, Who, and What of feedback and ultimately, who is in charge.

Every writer gets stuck now and then. Janice Hardy shares ten ways to get un-stuck when your story stalls and you need to get moving again.