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5 Ways to Manage Reader Expectations

Want to extend an invitation to readers to stay immersed in your story? Us too! Here are 5 techniques from veteran author and editor Kathryn Craft to help.

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Keep Readers Turning the Pages

Keep your readers committed to your stories and turning the pages of your books by developing questions that keep them interested.

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How Your Book Ends—destination or discovery?

When asked, "when do you know how your book ends," writers had several answers. Barbara Linn Probst surveyed both writers AND readers to find out their preferences for "The End."

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Becoming a Visceral Warrior!

By Margie Lawson and Tiffany Lawson Inman A big lovey Thank You to Laura Drake for inviting us back to WITS. Surprise! It’s a mother-daughter duo blog! What happens to characters when they are in a high emotion scene? They experience emotion.  Duh. What happens if the writer keeps the POV character in their head, […]

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The Doctor is in the House--Novel Diagnostics by Kristen Lamb

Back on New Year's Day, many of you might have vowed to take your craft more seriously in 2012...before the world ends, of course. This resolution likely means more conferences and many, many more queries. For those of you who have submitted before, ever wonder how an agent can ask for the first 20 pages […]

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