What are the most compelling stories for young adults? And why do older adults enjoy young adult novels? Some of these books are able to reach markets outside their primary genre, but finding a voice that’s appealing to a large group of people can...

Learning how to write through reading, writer's conferences, and classes is vitally important before hiring an editor. Sometimes an editor can help you learn to write, but it's a relatively expensive way to learn. In this video, author Kathy Ide goes...

Learning how to write through reading, writer's conferences, and classes is vitally important before hiring an editor. Sometimes an editor can help you learn to write, but it's a relatively expensive way to learn. In this podcast, author Kathy Ide...

The "beat sheet" is one of the most useful editorial tools that an author can develop. Based on his bestselling book, "Writing Treatments that Sell," Dr. Ken Atchity explains one-page beat sheets and how they differ from synopses, writing treatments...

Emmy Award-Winning Director and author of Hating Heidi Foster, Jeffrey Blount, discusses how fiction supports his non-fiction writing.

Emmy Award-Winning Director and author of Hating Heidi Foster, Jeffrey Blount, discusses how fiction supports his non-fiction writing. Click here to play this audio clip

Author Daylle Deanna Schwartz discusses the success she had when using a video as a marketing tool for her book and how she leveraged her first video to generate publicity, including being quoted in a New York Post article on the topic. She also shares...

Author Daylle Deanna Schwartz discusses the success she had when using a video as a marketing tool for her book and how she leveraged her first video to generate publicity, including being quoted in a New York Post article on the topic. She also shares...

There are four basic types of writing, commonly referred to as “writing styles.” These styles are Expository , Persuasive/Argumentative , Narrative , and Descriptive . Each style serves a specific purpose, such as explaining how something works or...

Award-winning author Paul Yoon describes how he came to write his novel Run Me to Earth , a beautiful, aching novel following three kids orphaned in 1960s Laos—and how their destinies are entwined across decades, anointed by Hernan Diaz as “one of those...