Finding Your Voice

Laurie Finkelstein, an author, speaker, and artist, says her books’ humor comes from a place of pain, like a lot of humor does. As someone who has dealt with anxiety...

Author and film post-production supervisor Sheryl Benko says the summer before turning sixteen is a vivid time in her memory, partly because of the freedom associated...

Writing for a teenage audience can be challenging. Readers of young adult fiction tend to fall into the age range of 13 to 17, and they expect certain story elements...

The key to writing dialogue in any format is to make it believable and consistent. Dialogue is critical to both character and plot development, so it must be relatable...

So many books sound exactly the same. Unique voices are vital in a market that’s oversaturated with content. Authors need to know what things make their writing mundane...