Specific Details

Giving specific details can help connect the description to your character.

https://www.janefriedman.com/use-telling-details-to-connect-description-to-character/ 

Clothing

 How can you use clothing to energize your plot and help define your characters?

https://annerallen.com/2022/01/9-ways-clothe-energize-your-plot/

Finding a Literary Agent

 What are the steps to finding the perfect literary agent for you and your work?

https://www.janefriedman.com/find-literary-agent/

Writing Magic in the Real World

 How do you inject magical elements into an everyday, real-world setting?

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/01/writing-magic-in-a-real-world-setting/

Literary Techniques in Picture Books

 Picture books are the perfect place to use literary techniques such as metaphor and repetition.

https://nakisanooraee.com/pb-literary-techniques/

Writing Tips

 Here are six simple writing tips to get you (or keep you) on the right track.

https://nelsonagency.com/2022/01/6-writing-tips-from-my-6-years-in-publishing/

Branding

 How to you use your brand to capture and keep a possible reader's attention is our busy world?

https://authorkristenlamb.com/2022/01/branding-attention-busy-brains-in-a-busy-world/

Character Skills

 Help your characters stand out from each other by giving them different skills.

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/01/want-your-characters-to-stand-out/

Who Are Your Readers?

 Do you know who your intended audience is and why that matters?

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/01/who-are-your-readers-and-why-does-it-matter/

"Kill Your Darlings"

 We've all heard the phrase, "kill your darlings," but how do you go about doing that?

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/01/writers-grab-a-knife-how-to-kill-your-darlings/

Doorways into Story

 Do you approach your writing through character, scene, word choice, or by the story itself?

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/the-four-doorways-into-story-and-how-to-use-them-to-create-a-bestselling-novel

Revising Scene by Scene

 There are many approaches to revising, but one of them is doing so scene by scene.

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/02/stoking-your-storys-fire-three-considerations-for-revising-scene-by-scene/

Choosing a Title

 What are some tips on choosing a good title (even though it may be later changed)?

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/02/tips-to-create-a-bestselling-title/

Bad Writing Advice

Not all suggestions you receive about your manuscript are good ones. 

https://annerallen.com/2022/02/10-dangerous-critiques/

How to Tell When Appropriate

 Sometimes it's appropriate to tell, not show, and here are some tips on how to do that well.

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/02/6-cheats-to-tell-well/

Research

 How do you know when you've done enough research?

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/01/how-much-research-is-enough/

Synopses

 What do agents look for in a synopsis?

https://bookendsliterary.com/2022/02/01/what-agents-look-for-in-a-synopsis/

Mentally Ill Characters

 There's a need for sensitively written mentally ill characters in children's books.

https://wildthings.vcfa.edu/why-we-urgently-need-more-mentally-ill-characters-in-books-for-young-readers-how-to-write-them-by-ann-jacobus-kordahl-nancy-bo-flood-07/

Books for Tweens

 How do you write for that gap between middle grade and young adult books?

https://www.writermag.com/improve-your-writing/writing-for-young-readers/the-in-betweeners-mg-and-ya/

Finding a Literary Agent

 The first and most important step in finding a literary agent is to write a great book.

https://jerichowriters.com/how-to-get-a-literary-agent/

Sense of Touch

 How can you incorporate your characters' sense of touch into your story?

https://writersinthestormblog.com/2022/01/how-to-use-touch-in-writing/

Co-authors

 How does it work when you collaborate with another author on a manuscript?

https://www.writermag.com/improve-your-writing/writing-for-young-readers/co-authors-in-kidlit/

Paying for an Author Visit

 There are many ways to fund having an author visit your school.

https://www.annettewhipple.com/2019/06/how-to-pay-for-author-visit.html

Branding

 How do you create your brand and use it to turn that into sales and loyal readers?

https://authorkristenlamb.com/2022/01/branding-attention-busy-brains-in-a-busy-world/

Seven Deadly Query Sins

 How to write a query that won't end up in spam or be ignored.

https://annerallen.com/2022/01/7-deadly-query-sins-how-to-write-a-query/

Self-Editing

 Self editing can help take your manuscript to the next level.

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/01/perfect-to-me-how-self-editing-can-take-your-novel-to-the-next-stage/

Book Reviews

 Why are book reviews important and how can you find places to get them.

https://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/2021/12/why-book-reviews-are-important-and.html

Middle Grade

 Here are some tips on how to write a middle grade novel that kids will clamor to read.

https://www.ignitedinkwriting.com/ignite-your-ink-blog-for-writers/how-to-write-middle-grade-stories-kids-want-to-read/2019

Revising After Feedback

 Be careful not to overcorrect after receiving a critique on your manuscript.  

https://nathanbransford.com/blog/2022/01/how-to-avoid-overcorrecting-after-receiving-feedback