Poetry

If you've forgotten (or never learned), the different types of poems, this list is for you. 

http://www.kenneymyers.com/blog/the-big-list-of-different-types-of-poems/

Pitch Sessions

Prepare using these dos and don'ts. 

http://forewordliterary.com/2013/04/pitching-dos-and-donts/

Avoid Cliches and Stereotypes

These ten techniques will help make your stories and characters unique. 

http://litreactor.com/columns/storyville-ten-ways-to-avoid-cliches-and-stereotypes

How Much Research

Even if you're writing contemporary realistic fiction, you still need to research aspects of your story. 

http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/how-much-detail-is-enough-for-your-story/

Three-Act Structure

Here's a straightforward of the classic three-act structure of a novel. 

http://ingridsnotes.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/three-act-structure-a-pair-of-spanx-for-your-novel/

Cliches

You might want to avoid these storytelling cliches. 

http://litreactor.com/columns/top-10-storytelling-cliches-that-need-to-disappear-forever

Questions for Agents

Answers to the questions you were afraid or embarrassed to ask. 

http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/literary-agents-unleashed-answers-to-questions-youre-too-afraid-to-ask

Information Dumps

Your reader doesn't need to know everything about your characters and setting in the first few pages of your novel. 

http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/2013/04/dont-be-information-dumper-guest-post.html

Creating Characters

In order to differentiate the people in your book, you need to give them unique characteristics. 

http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/the-9-ingredients-of-character-development

Diversity and Sidekicks

Don't always relegate your minority characters to be friends instead of te main characters. 

http://www.cbcdiversity.com/2013/04/diversity-101-sidekick-syndrome.html