INSIDER’S CRAFT TIPS

Based on our weekend themes

Enhance your novel—click on a number below to link to these stimulating tips and assignments.

(7)  Critiquing Full Novels: Tips, Tools, Techniques

(6)  Critiquing Scenes: Arcs, Action, Apexes

(5)  Revise and Shine: Interview/Tips with Jay Asher, Jerry Spinelli, and others

(4)  The Novelist’s Toolkit: Architecture, Archetypes, and Arcs

(3)  Vision and Voice: Make Yours Distinctive

(2)  Epiphanies and Endings: Bring Your Story Arc Full Circle

(1)  Subplots and Secondary Characters

For a taste of sample themes (highlights and exercises), click here.