By joining a writer’s group and engaging with other writers, you expose yourself to a wealth of learning opportunities, explains author, editor, and ghostwriter Kathi Macias. She is a member of two professional groups for more experienced authors and...

The television and movie industries can be hard for writers to break into. WGA Screenwriter, author, and MFA educator, Michael Tabb says the easiest path right now is through television. As a writer for television, you can start as an assistant and slowly...

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...

Having an idea is easy, but expanding that idea into a cohesive story takes a lot of time and work. Writers have many tools available to them when going through the creation process, and one of those tools is an outline. Whether a plotter or pantser...

At some point, you have to think about how to handle your story’s structure. The way I did that was to use an index card software program that allowed me to create index cards for important events and move them around on a timeline. I was already using...

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...

There simply is no better marketing tool than a sell sheet, and every author should create one for everything he or she writes. A sell sheet is simply a one or two page piece, in flyer or brochure format, that you use to promote and market your book...

Essential Prep for Smart Investment Before embarking on the journey to write and publish a book, it's important to understand the potential costs associated with each step in the process. This will help you properly budget for your project and make...