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Navigating The Turning Point In Your Story
By BookBaby author Michael Gallant Are you ready to face the repercussions of the major turning point in your story? It may not only take your characters and story world for a ride, as the writer, you...
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Comedy Or Not, Your Story Needs A Good Straight Man
By BookBaby author Scott McCormick Your story needs a good straight man (or woman) to bring your comedic, heroic, or otherwise unconventional characters into sharper focus. I met this guy at a...
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Narrative Structure — Why It’s Important
By BookBaby author Scott McCormick Formulaic stories are never what you’re setting out to create, but understanding narrative structure and the three-act construct are foundational to telling a...
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How Editing Software Helps Improve Your Manuscript
By BookBaby author Lisa Lepki Editing software uses powerful algorithms to compare your content with that of thousands of published authors. It finds where your writing is clunky or awkward and helps...
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Exit Your Narrative Structure And Let Your Characters Breathe
By BookBaby author Scott McCormick One way to create a memorable story is to take a minute to let your characters breathe. Build a scene where you exit the narrative structure and allow your readers to...
View ArticleNine Idioms Traced To Their Origins
By BookBaby author Andre Calilhanna We use idioms all the time — after all, these phrases came into use because their figurative meanings can really make a point. But the origins of many common idioms...
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Is Your Writing Terrible… Or Is It The Dunning-Kruger Effect?
By BookBaby author Scott McCormick If you’re feeling like your writing isn’t very good, you might be stuck in the Valley of Despair — smack in the middle of the Dunning-Kruger effect. There’s a...
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When Is The Right Time To Write?
By BookBaby author Michael Gallant Whether you’re most creative at dawn or midnight, paying attention to how you write at different times of the day can help you discover the best time to write for...
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Capitalizing On The Stickiness Of Serial Fiction
By BookBaby author Lee Purcell It’s not likely you’ll get rich writing serial fiction, but you can gain exposure for your work and get feedback from readers to gain insights for shaping and honing your...
View ArticleWhat Makes A Great Villain?
By BookBaby author Scott McCormick A great villain can engage an audience, energize a book, and provide a satisfying source of conflict — but the devil is definitely in the details. The Harry Potter...
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Picture Books Can Be More Than Meet The Eye
By BookBaby author Michael Gallant Whether you’re inspired to explore history, science, complex feelings, or scary weather, your children’s picture books can share powerful messages. Years ago,...
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Advice For Writers: Embracing The Cycles Of Creativity
By BookBaby author Lee Purcell Must writers be self-destructive and unhinged to be masters of the craft? Creativity is an elusive animal, and there is no magic formula to harness it. Writing something...
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Find The Little Stories In Your Complex Topic
By BookBaby author Michael Gallant You can tackle broad and complex topics by focusing on the little stories within, finding the right entry point, and writing outward from there. Recently, I was...
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Want To See Your Book Become A Movie? It’ll Take Perseverance And Patience.
By BookBaby author D. Eric Maikranz From Hollywood to Nepal, this story of how a self-published novel became a major motion picture started with an author’s crazy idea of turning readers into agents....
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Let Your Book’s Characters Lead The Way
By BookBaby author Andre Calilhanna Much of the joy and discovery of creative writing comes from the process itself. I found inspiration and motivation from the very characters I created. When I first...
View ArticleWriting Full-Time Takes a Work/Life Balance
By BookBaby author C. Hope Clark To enable myself to write full time, my work/life balance can’t be too loose or too strict. It’s critical to feed the passion and provide for myself and find the...
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Avoiding Writer Burnout: Tips For Bedeviled Authors
By BookBaby author Lee Purcell Is there something noble — or inevitable — in suffering for art? Or can you relax, practice mindfulness, and do your best writing? The notion that creating real art...
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The Multi-Layer Book Edit
By BookBaby author Michael Gallant Be mindful of your work’s impact, implications, strengths, and weaknesses — at the micro and macro levels — to be a more powerful and versatile writer. Completing a...
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Write Like You’re Someone — Or Something — Else
By BookBaby author Michael Gallant Approaching your craft from a different artistic perspective can unlock new ideas and expand your creative toolkit. In addition to my work as a writer, I’m an active...
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Enhance Your Fiction With Facts
By BookBaby author C. Hope Clark You can honor fact in fiction. Friends, family, locations, events… anything can be inserted into your story, with a wink to those who know the real truth. Novelists...
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