Shirley Jump shows us how to make a book so incredibly compelling, the reader can’t put it down, and must stay up until two in the morning to see how it ends.

Stuck in your story? Bestselling author, Shirley Jump, highlights 10 ways to reverse engineer your plot for a compelling book.

Shirley Jump My number-one goal as an author is to create a compelling character, one so amazing that readers will talk about him/her long after they have finished the book. So what makes for a compelling character? Look around you at the books you read, the shows you watch. Which characters draw you in the […]

Margie Lawson A heartfelt THANK YOU to Laura Drake for inviting me to be her guest today! The title should read: Kiss Some of Your “As”s Goodbye. But including the words, some of, diluted the power. No way I’d opt to dilute power. If you’ve taken my Big Three writing craft courses, you know how […]