Your story is full of good ups and downs, but your readers want to be able to make a connection with your characters too. Laurie shares some possibilities.

What can writers learn about creating characters from an irascible character like Jack Sparrow? Lisa Hall gives us four tips.

Romantic-suspense author and developmental editor, Sandy Vaile, shows us how to make our fictional conversations clear with punctuation.

Lynette M Burrows discusses the universal parts of story structure and how you can adapt and fuse the most important parts for captivating storytelling.

Internalization is fun to write, and it gives the reader a more immersive experience, which increases the odds they’ll rave about your book to their friends.