How Patchett uses a shuffled chronology to tell a story that is also about the act of telling stories.

Sometimes your scene objectives require telling rather than showing. Discover how you can make telling dynamic.

In the opening of The Dutch House, Ann Patchett strategically opens story questions, provides layers of narration, and makes setting details do double duty to draw in readers.

If you stepped away from the page or screen, with only the characters and situation in your memory, how would you rewrite your scene in a new way?

How do you decide what point of view is best for your story, and how do you use point of view to deepen your reader’s engagement with your characters?

Construct questions that will help you see your novel in new ways.

Learn how to spot possible plot problems in your novel and how to fix them.

How to make sure your secondary characters are pulling their weight in your story.

Practical tips from authors about how to create names for your fictional characters.

What is Chekhov’s gun principle and why do you need to add it to your revision checklist?

Is this popular book worth your time? It depends on where you are in the writing process.

Highlights from the 2021 ACES conference.

Plot reversals can add drama and energy to a plot that is dragging.

It can be scary to send your work to an editor, even when you know you need feedback to improve. Here are 5 tips that will help you fight the fear.

Learn how documenting your standard operating procedures can make it easier to format, publish, and maybe even write your book.

Learn how Austen uses point of view to create drama and suspense in a scene without much external action.

The value of just doing the work.

In which we see why Anne is the most Virgo of all of Austen's characters.

Austen lets Mrs. Smith say the quiet parts out loud.

Austen shows us what a difference the perfect setting can make.