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There is a particular recipe for writing young adult fiction. If you want to write for young adults, here are the story elements for young adult novels! There is a particular recipe for writing young adult fiction and non-fiction. That’s not to say they’re formulaic, but that there are specific components you as an author…
If you’re planning on writing YA books yourself, here are the best things to consider when writing a Young Adult novel. When I began writing Getting By, I didn’t immediately decide on a genre, as I simply wanted to write a story centering on the experience of a male high school student. But in time,…
Are you thinking about writing your own Young Adult fiction story? Here are some great tips for writing YA novels to help you get started. Before writing young adult (YA) fiction, I was reading it, but only if I had to for school. I didn’t aspire to become an author and didn’t initially care for…
Giving gifts is lovely, seeing someone light up when you hit the mark. And for many, the more personal the present, the more it resonates with them as something extraordinary. But it’s also challenging to know what to get someone exactly and requires you to be attentive to their interests and needs (which is hard…
A lot of people imagine authors as reclusive beings hunched over a typewriter in the wee hours of the night, trying to weave prose together in such a way as to ignite something in their prospective audience. But there’s so much more to putting words on the page, as I found out once I committed…
If you were writing your manuscript and I asked you exactly how long it would be, it’s unlikely you’d come back with an exact word count. It’s not one of those things most authors consider when starting to write their story: They just write. But word count controls a few factors when it comes to…
Writing can be challenging. Everyone has their own challenges with the writing process, but I find revising the most frustrating. Revising any of my writing can be difficult, but it is particularly challenging when revising an entire novel. I learned this after revising my debut novel, and I’m going through this experience again halfway through…
It is important to get feedback on your story. But should you ask your friends and family to review your manuscript? Read this blog to find out! As I worked on Getting By, I never had friends or family look at my manuscript since I thought it was best for an editor to see it…
There are multiple stages of the writing process, including prewriting, planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing, with some being more enjoyable for writers than others. Me, I enjoy the prewriting and planning stage of writing a story the most because it helps me determine if I like my idea enough to turn it into a…
If you’re like me and want to seize control of your book’s destiny (as best as possible), then self-publishing is the way to go. It does involve extra work and expense, but in the end, you keep the profits. Thanks to the internet, it’s much easier for authors to go independent. I recently shared my…
Did you know being an author on TikTok can help you sell more books? Here are my tips and recommendations for navigating BookTok as an author. TikTok has been around since 2016 and according to backlinko, about 1 billion of the world’s population is actively using it. That’s pretty crazy. From what I know, much…