Let's Write Your Novel!

"Writing for kids is easier than writing for adults." WRONG! Writing for young readers takes the same amount of consideration as writing for adults, plus we have to consider their developmental stages. In this episode, we talk about the various categories of books for young people (specifically middle grade and YA) and explore how to pinpoint your ideal reader within this rapidly changing population.

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Free guide! 10 Essential Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Novel

Episode 30: Who are You Writing This For?

VOICE is one of those elements of writing a novel that is hard to explain...which makes it hard to learn! In today's episode, I'm teaching you how to study a mentor text to learn what makes the voice work. 

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• Free guide! 10 Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Novel
• Ep 27: Use a mentor text to up your writing game
• children's book author Leah Henderson

There is a LOT of writing advice out there. So how do we navigate it in an intentional and useful way? In this episode I share my strategy for learning and improving my own writing while staying focused on my current work in progress.

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Free guide! 10 Essential Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Novel

In this short, short episode, I give you a quick rundown of where we've been and where we're heading next. Please let me know what you think! >>

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Free Guide! 10 Essential Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Novel

Yep, humans. Not fantastical flying creatures or beings from other worlds. Plain old, everyday humans. Which means that we don’t have the luxury of quite as much space on the page to describe them, or else we run the risk of boring or annoying our reader. So how do we know what to include, how much to include, and how to weave it in? That’s what we’re talking about today.

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Free Guide! 10 Essential Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Novel

We've all run into the problem of finding ourselves in plot territory that we weren't expecting and not knowing how to get out of it. In this episode, I give you a - dare I say? - magical  phrase that will help you know exactly what scene needs to come next AND keep your reader engaged.

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FREE GUIDE! 10 Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Novel

You've finished your first draft of your novel. Congratulations! Now what? In this episode, I give you a specific, concrete strategy for approaching revision. It doesn't make the work of revision easier, but it does make it more focused, organized and efficient.

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FREE GUIDE! 10 Essential Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Novel

Past episodes about getting feedback:
#45: Got Feedback...Now What?
#39: Writing Buddies, Critique Groups and Coaches...Oh My!
#33: What Kind of Feedback Do You Need? 

What is a book coach? I get asked that question a lot. In this bonus episode I give you a quick breakdown of what a book coach does and what it's like to work with one.

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Book Coaching FAQs
FREE GUIDE: 10 Essential Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Novel

You just received the feedback you requested on your pages. What now? In this episode, we take three steps toward using this feedback effieciently and effectively (without crawling under the covers).  This episode is Part 1 of 2.

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Free Guide! 10 Essential Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Novel

Previous episodes about asking for feedback:
#39:  Writing Buddies, Critique Groups and Coaches...Oh, My!
#33: What Kind of Feedback Do You Need?
#25: Build Your Support System

Tension within a story is what keeps the reader turning the page, wanting to find out what happens next. But aside from arguments and full-blown battles, how does a writer build tension in a story? In today's episode, we're talking about tools for building tension, whether you are writing a fast-moving whodunit or a quiet contemporary story.

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FREE GUIDE! 10 Essential Questions to Ask Before Starting Your Novel