Working with another author on a book can present some unique challenges, but can also lead to the best possible version of the book. Author Learning Center President Keith Ogorek co-wrote his most recent nonfiction book with another author, and advises...

When it came time for author, speaker, and artist Laurie Finkelstein to write her second novel, she approached her writing a bit differently than the first time around. When she wrote her first novel, Next Therapist Please , Finkelstein was a “ pantser...

Some writers will thoroughly outline their story idea before they begin writing, but humor author Chrome Oxide prefers to start with a joke, and figure out some related scenes or other jokes first. Then he goes through what he calls the "Frankenstein...

The Mentoris Project provides funds to authors working on novels and biographies about Italians and Italian-Americans. Author Jonathan Brown first got involved with the organization after a friend recommended Brown to the founder. As a fairly new writer...

When co-authors Felicia Low-Jimenez and Adan Jimenez (A.J. Low) started writing their middle-grade series Sherlock Sam together, they alternated writing the chapters. After the first few books, they progressed to each writing a few chapters at a time...

When author Jonathan Brown first started writing, he followed the advice “write what you know.” He has written books about a character who is a drummer, and another who is a bouncer – both of which Brown himself is or has been. But Brown came to realize...

To get the creative juices flowing, fantasy author Matthew Ballard recommends that writers start by brainstorming and then evaluating their various world building ideas to ensure consistency with the overall theme that has been determined. He then recommends...

Author CS Marks provides tips on character-driven storytelling and shares her writing process of letting the characters determine the plot. She says that there are two kinds of fiction stories. The first kind is a story where the circumstances are already...

Writing a novel like a screenplay can help you improve your writing process and storytelling skills. Author David Wilkinson talks about how writing screenplays helped him become a better novelist by changing the way he views the writing process. When...

To get the creative juices flowing, fantasy author Matthew Ballard recommends that writers start by brainstorming and then evaluating their various world building ideas to ensure consistency with the overall theme that has been determined. He then recommends...