While you do need to hone your craft by practicing your writing, my advice for writers looking to improve is to step away from the keyboard and read. As Stephen King mentions in his memoir, On Writing, "if you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or tools) to write." Reading helps … Continue reading How Reading Makes You A Better Writer
A surreal event happened in November of 2017. I was at a book signing of an author I had admired nearly my entire life. It wasn't the first time we'd met, but it would be the most memorable. In 2001, as a child in Texas, I'd clung to my copy of Wild Magic and prayed … Continue reading The Books That Shape Us
Please withhold judgement until the end of this entire thought. I had never read a Stephen King novel before reading his memoir, On Writing. I didn't even read it recreationally, I read it as part of my required reading... at Tufts University School of Medicine. Now, what does Stephen King and writing articles on obesity have … Continue reading Writing Resource: On Writing by Stephen King
You finished your novel! Congrats!! And now you're ready to embark on your path to publication. If you're aiming to take a traditional route, you'll need to pull together a kickass query and start putting together your Dream Agent list. What is a query? A query is a business email that you send to agents … Continue reading Querying 101
Every author has their own methodology for writing. You might Pants. You might Plot. Some of you even Plants. I'd always considered myself to be a Plotter, but didn't realize how little I knew about plot development until I read Save the Cat! Originally written for screenwriting purposes, Blake Snyder (of Blank Check fame) unintentionally … Continue reading Writing Resource: Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder
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Brianna Lieberman 