Personal stories engage readers and audiences in a way that nothing else can. This is why author, speaker, and media personality Pamela Christian recommends that authors who have booked speaking engagements plan to begin their talk with a personal story...

YouTube is one of the internet's largest search engines, second only to Google. Video is an incredibly powerful way to communicate on all topics, including books, which is why sharing relevant videos on YouTube can strengthen an author's brand, network...

If you hope to see your book or script on the big screen, you first have to ask yourself why someone should want to invest millions of dollars into you and your story, says author, writer, and producer Joel Eisenberg. During this process, you have to...

Most writers wonder how they can get an endorsement from a celebrity. If we re-evaluate the term “celebrity,” you may be surprised how easy it is to get celebrity endorsements. After all what makes celebrities “celebrated” is the extent to which they...

What is a Plot? To put it simply: you can’t have a story without a plot. It doesn’t matter if you have a strong concept, an incredible cast of characters, an important message, or all three. If you don’t have a plot, you don’t have a story. So...

According to Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein, writer, producer, director, and career coach, writers have to switch gears when writing in different formats. For example, a way of approaching a short story is different than approaching a screenplay. Cutler...

The demand by Hollywood for interesting ideas and stories has never been greater, and they love to find that content in books. Yet, many times, authors don’t incorporate some basic things that make Hollywood want to option a book and develop it for the...