National Novel Writing Month is almost upon us! It can and will demand you write outside of your comfort zone in more ways…
Win NaNoWriMo with The Downhill Method by Alyson Grauer
If you are anything like hundreds of thousands of people out there on the Internet right now, you are getting ready to participate…
The Write Place #34: Janae Marks
Where I write has changed over the years as my lifestyle has changed. Years ago, when I lived in a small one-bedroom Brooklyn…
The What, When, Where, and Who of Inciting Incidents by Angelique Bochnak
Inciting incident, inciting event, significant moment, starting point, or whatever you want to call it—every story must have one. This is an important…
The Write Place #33: Elizabeth Camden
First of all, I love the premise behind “show us where you write,” because it’s a much larger question than, “Where do you…
The Write Place #32: Beverly Jenkins
My first dedicated writing space was a closet in the entrance way of the apartment I lived in with my husband and toddler…
The WA Team Shares Favorite Banned Books!
Banned Books Week is a week-long event that celebrates the freedom to read. It was created in response to the number of books…
The Write Place #31: Kelly Coon
Ahhh, my writing space. Well, here’s a trigger warning for anyone who is skeeved out by clutter, because my desk is a hot…
The Write Place #30: Melodie Winawer
I wrote most of my first novel on the New York City Subway. Seems unlikely, even impossible, but it’s true–I even thanked the…
7 Steps to Take After You Get Edits Back
What do you do after you get edits back? Whether you’re taking the traditional publishing route or going indie, you need an editor.…