Who, What, Where, and Usually Why: Revising ScenesAugust 23, 2018 | Novels, RevisionThank you to Sage Blackwood for this blog post! When I draft and revise my novels, I divide them into scenes. A ...
Padma Venkatraman on Plot, One of the Hardest Aspects of Writing a NovelAugust 14, 2018 | Asian American Voices, Novels, Novels in VerseWe'd like to thank Padma Venkatraman for this blog post! As she says below, she has "managed to successfully plot ...By: Padma Venkatraman
Scholarship Thanks: Exactly Where I Was Supposed to BeJuly 2, 2018 | Community Good News, Novels, Scholarship StoriesBy Rebecca Jordan-Glum James Ransome was a professor of mine at Pratt Institute many years ago and told me about ...
Top 10 Reasons You Need to Revise Your ManuscriptJune 13, 2018 | Nonfiction, Novels, Picture Books, RevisionWhy revise your manuscript? Good writers get their manuscript right the first time, don't they? Not in our ...By: Eileen RobinsonHarold Underdown
Tools and Tips on Character RevisionMay 7, 2018 | Novels, Picture Books, RevisionEditors Harold Underdown and Eileen Robinson are the faculty hosts for our Revision Retreat. Here they share some ...By: Harold UnderdownEileen Robinson
Ashley Hope Pérez and Alisa Alering on How Source and Story Go TogetherApril 10, 2018 | Community Good News, NovelsAshley Hope Pérez and Alisa Alering, faculty for our workshop Connecting Source to Story: Mining the World for ...By: Ashley Hope PérezAlisa Alering
Use Research, Imagination & Emotion to Build Your NovelMarch 28, 2018 | NovelsWe're pleased to welcome writers and teachers Clara Gillow Clark and K.L. Going to the blog today, to share their ...By: Clara Gillow ClarkK.L. Going
Julie Dao and Anna-Marie McLemore on Reimagining Fairy TalesMarch 26, 2018 | Latinx Voices, NovelsI aim to begin each program year having read most (if not all) of our faculty’s new releases. I try my best to go ...By: Anna-Marie McLemoreJulie C. Dao
Beginning STEPS to Writing Historical Fiction for Children and Young AdultsMarch 23, 2018 | NovelsWe'd like to thank Joyce Moyer Hostetter (joycemoyerhostetter.com) for this blog post! I wrote my historical ...
Writing Mysteries for Young ReadersMarch 17, 2018 | NovelsWe'd like to thank Dian Curtis Regan (diancurtisregan.com) for this blog post!I have yet to meet anyone aspiring ...
7 Ways to Create Characters with CharismaAugust 21, 2017 | Novels, Picture Books, Top PostsSince I taught at the workshop Getting Your Middle Grade and Young Adult Novel Unstuck, I’ve been thinking about ...By: Elise Broach
Using Visual Outlining with Your Novel DraftAugust 13, 2017 | LGBTQIA+ Voices, NovelsI’ve been taking stock of my writer’s toolbox. This isn’t a one-size-fits-all topic, and I’m hoping to share as ...By: Chris Tebbetts