Authors seek out others’ writing processes to hone their own writing abilities, get ideas, and be inspired. One typical conversation around writer’s tables is how planned a character’s decisions are. Some authors describe careful crafting of their...

Once you have written a book and you have made it as strong as you can, you are ready to submit the manuscript to agents. You may know you book is fabulous. Every agent out there wants it. Right? You find literary agents on the Internet and send - a...

We’ve heard it said once or twice that juvenile and children’s literature is marginalized to the periphery of the publishing industry, but nothing could be farther from the truth. In fact, the juvenile and children’s genre is the foundation for future...

While watching today's scripted TV shows, such as Lost, The Event, and True Blood, you can clearly see the effort and careful deliberation of character development, plot twists, and story evolution. Unlike reality television, which unbeknownst to many...

It’s a cliché that a writer’s life is solitary because so much of the writing process is done in private. However, writers don’t need to be lonely. The writing community is large and diverse—there are so many different types of writers. Because many...

Your story is amazing and deserves a larger platform, but you need to be able to communicate that to key decision-makers in entertainment and publishing. Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein, writer, producer, director, and career coach, found out that many authors...