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How Do People and Experiences Affect Your Writing? - podcast
Reg Green
Author Reg Green discusses the importance of every person in your life, and the role they play in what we become and how we write. Click here to play this audio clip
over 8 years ago
I have an Idea!
Brainstorming
Do You Draw From Life Experiences For Your Writing? - podcast
David Wilkinson
Author David Wilkinson talks about how his life experiences have helped him write novels and garner media attention. Click here to play this audio clip
over 8 years ago
I have an Idea!
Researching Your Idea
Keeping It Real - video
Cory Putman Oakes
Author Cory Putman Oakes shares how she "keeps it real" on her website, even though she writes fiction.
over 8 years ago
Websites
Creating a Website
Defining Dystopia - podcast
Marie Lu
New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu defines Dystopia as a writing genre and how it shows up in world building in novels. Click here to play this audio clip
over 8 years ago
Fiction
Setting
Emotional Journey - video
Jeffrey Blount
Emmy Award-Winning Director and author of Hating Heidi Foster, Jeffrey Blount, discusses how to write fiction with emotion.
over 8 years ago
Fiction
Finding Your Voice
Emotional Journey - podcast
Jeffrey Blount
Emmy Award-Winning Director and author of Hating Heidi Foster, Jeffrey Blount, discusses how to write fiction with emotion. Click here to play this audio clip
over 8 years ago
Fiction
Finding Your Voice
Do You Draw From Life Experiences For Your Writing? - video
David Wilkinson
Author David Wilkinson talks about how his life experiences have helped him write novels and garner media attention.
over 8 years ago
I have an Idea!
Researching Your Idea
Using AI to Promote Your Book (and more!)
Cathy Fyock
AI (artificial intelligence) is here to stay, so how can authors use this powerful tool to promote their books? This session with author and book coach Cathy Fyock explores how AI can be used to write summary book descriptions, develop chapter and...
over 1 year ago
Media
Online
Writing as a Craft - article
Eric Penz
I like to refer to writing as a craft to put it in the right context. In order to become a carpenter and create furniture, you would more than likely have to apprentice with somebody to learn the craft of it. You could go out to your garage and just...
over 8 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Writing Exercises
Challenges of Writing Mid Grade and YA Fiction - video
P.J. Hoover
Author P.J. Hoover defines young adult and middle age fiction. She defines the middle grade genre as Harry Potter fans, or advanced second grade readers and older. Hoover defines the age range for young adult fiction as seventh grade and older. Hoover...
over 8 years ago
Children's Books
Writing for Kids
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