Yessica JainMay 26, 2022How to Raise the Stakes in Your StoryStakes are the lifeblood of every story. If there’s nothing at stake for the characters, there’s nothing at stake for the readers. If...
Yessica JainMay 12, 2022Types of Books SeriesThink of three books. Odds are, at least one of them is part of a series. Book series give readers more of what they love, while letting...
Tai NakamuraMay 5, 2022Connecting to Your WritingExperimentation is the key to great writing, so it's important to sometimes step out of your comfort zone to give the reader more ways to...
Yessica JainApr 28, 2022Writing Descriptions that Transport ReadersDescriptions transport readers to another world or time. You may never have seen Camp Half-Blood or Ketterdam or Narnia (we’re pretending...