Save those scenes. Free your darlings and use them later with Joseph Lallo's Bad Idea Exercise. Then wait for the right moment to make something of them.

Dialogue lets readers to get to know characters without information dumping. Sandy Vaile shares how to write concise conversations that ring true.

Writer's block can be paralyzing. Diana Stout shows us how to see it for what it is and how to get past this troubling issue.

Foreshadowing provides hints to what happens later in the story. It helps build suspense and can tie up loose ends. Learn how to use it effectively.

When you look at the trouble in your book, where does it come from? Some readers like external drama. Others like internal. We want our characters challenged.