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Writers prompt: "I see you" • Career Authors
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Write an action scene illustrating the human-animal connection.
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on Sep 6
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Writing Prompt: Last to Let Go • Career Authors
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Try this writing prompt (complete with a thought-provoking visual) to help get the words flowing: Write about being the last to let go.
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10 Reasons to Be Grateful You're a Writer • Career Authors
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Sacred spaces, friendly people, easy dress code. In this season of Thanksgiving, let's honor how amazing it is to have a way with words.
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How to Find the Most Telling Details • Career Authors
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As Stephen King says: An overturned tricycle in the gutter can stand for everything. Here's how to find the telling details in your scenes.
on Mon, 9AM
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Writing prompt: Nearly forgotten • Career Authors
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Something spotted at an antique store triggers a memory for your character. Write the scene.
on Nov 15
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27 Reasons to Get Happy • Career Authors
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Scribes both glum and cheerful can get a jump on Thanksgiving with these 27 reasons to appreciate the writer’s life. Read this list and say thank you!
on Nov 13
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Finding Community at a Writers Retreat • Career Authors
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Why does bestselling author Carol Goodman resist going to a writers retreat in Tuscany?
on Nov 11
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Fire Writing Prompt • Career Authors
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Fire Writing Prompt: Your protagonist's house is in fire. Write that scene.
on Nov 8
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Writing Is Rewriting Quote • Career Authors
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Roald Dahl on Rewriting: By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected at least one hundred and fifty times. I am suspicious of both facility and speed. Good writing is essentially rewriting. I am positive of this.
on Nov 7
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THE SPAGHETTI PLOT DEVICE: A sticky approach to plotting your story • Career Authors
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Sometimes plotting a novel is a matter of throwing spaghetti at the ceiling and seeing what sticks. Literary agent and USA TODAY bestselling mystery writer Paula Munier tells why.
on Nov 6
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How to Write Your Way to The End of Your Novel • Career Authors
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Five tips to help you finish your novel, courtesy of literary agent and USA TODAY bestselling author Paula Munier and Career Authors.
on Nov 4
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Writing Prompt: The Request • Career Authors
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Your character is asked to bring something to a big Thanksgiving dinner. What will they do?
on Nov 1
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Dear Ms. Mystery Answers Your VIQs • Career Authors
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Ms. Mystery is the Career Authors resident Dear Abby. Agony Aunt. Miss Manners. Who, from time to time, will come away from her infinitely appropriate desk somewhere in an undisclosed but infinitely appropriate location, and answer your burning questions about writing, books, and publishing.
on Oct 30
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Secrets of Suspense • Career Authors
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What are the Secrets of Suspense for this Mary Higgins Clark award winning author? Jenny Milchman reveals what keeps readers on the edge of their seats.
on Oct 28
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Writing Prompt: Creepy Clown • Career Authors
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Write a short story about a creepy clown.
on Oct 25
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What A Fiction Writer Can Learn from the Legal Profession • Career Authors
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Thriller writer and attorney Robert Rotstein shares how the legal profession provides a fertile training ground for writers.
on Oct 23
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How to Get Readers to Care • Career Authors
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For a story to be successful, the reader needs to feel like they are a part of it. They need to care, wonder, and feel. Suzanne Redfearn shares advice how to get readers to care.
on Oct 21
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Writing Prompt: Mysterious Call • Career Authors
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Try this visual writing prompt to get your creativity (and your words!) flowing: Write about a mysterious phone call.
on Oct 18
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Behind the Pages: Catch You Later • Career Authors
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Jessica Strawser takes us Behind the Pages of her new suspenseful book club novel, CATCH YOU LATER, to talk craft as only fellow writers can.
on Oct 18
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Writing prompt: Remember me? • Career Authors
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Write a scene at a high school reunion.
on Oct 10
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Tips and Traps for Novelists When Revising Their Manuscript • Career Authors
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After reviewing years of editorial reports, Editor Dana Isaacson shares common advice he gives novelists before they launch into their next revision.
on Oct 9
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Career Authors spotlight on PAULA MUNIER • Career Authors
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Mystery author Paula Munier discusses boars, literary weather, and how she comes up with her bestselling plots.
on Oct 7
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Autumn Day Writing Prompt • Career Authors
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Writing prompt: Write about a glorious autumn day gone very wrong.
on Oct 4
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George Saunders on Becoming a Master Writer--Not • Career Authors
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George Saunders on Becoming a Master Writer--Not
on Oct 3
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Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up as a Writer? • Career Authors
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Do you know who you want to be when you grow up as a writer? Studying the craft and careers of the authors you admire most can help you along your own writer's journey. This infographic from Career Authors shows you how.
on Oct 2
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GOING OUT ON SUB: An Agent's Bag of Submission Tips & Tricks • Career Authors
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Literary agent and USA TODAY bestselling author Paula Munier shares a baker's dozen of pointers that may help you when you go out "on sub."
on Sep 30
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Writing Prompt: The Memory • Career Authors
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There’s a back-to-school memory that still haunts your main character. What is it?And how does it change what they do next?
on Sep 27
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BEHIND THE PAGES: THE FABLED EARTH by Kimberly Brock • Career Authors
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Kimberly Brock is indeed the real deal--not only a truly skilled and talented author, but incredibly generous, a marvelous teacher, and a genuinely wonderful person.How does she do it? Let's go Behind The Pages of her brand new novel. We predict some of this will change the way you write.
on Sep 25
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How To Cook Up A Cookbook • Career Authors
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Ever wanted to create your own book book? Expert cook--and writer--Lucy Burdette offers the perfect recipe.
on Sep 23
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Writing Prompt: Fall Through the Ice • Career Authors
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Your character falls through the ice on a frozen lake. Write about it!
on Sep 20
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Conflict, Conflict, Conflict...The Secret to Punching Up Your Fiction • Career Authors
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Mastering the art of conflict is essential to crafting novels that captivate and resonate with readers. In this post, we'll explore four powerful ways to use conflict in your fiction writing to create more exciting and interesting novels.
on Sep 18
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5 Tips to Keep a Long-Running Series Fresh • Career Authors
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by Brian Freeman Let’s face it, we’ve all had the experience of tuning in to the new season of a long-running TV series, only to come away disappointed. As much as we’ve loved the show and the characters over the years, there comes a point where it starts to feel stale, like the writers […]
on Sep 16
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Writing Prompt: Hope • Career Authors
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This week's writing prompt: Write about hope. (Look for new, visual writing prompts here on Career Authors every Friday.)
on Sep 13
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Food and Drink as Essential Elements in Fiction • Career Authors
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Crystal King shares how your characters' culinary lives can make for sensory reading—and indicate culture, class, rituals, religion and more.
on Sep 11
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How to Enhance Your Theme Through a Central Metaphor • Career Authors
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Find out how the right visual can help focus your story from page one—and add unexpected depth and nuance along the way.
on Sep 9
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How to Present a Professional Manuscript • Career Authors
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Watch out for these common errors in your manuscript before submitting it to agents and editors and agents.
on Sep 4
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What Makes Acquiring Editors Stop Reading a Manuscript? • Career Authors
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Editor Dana Isaacson reviews editorial strategies that may turn off acquiring editors and lead to rejection.
on Sep 2
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Back to School Writing Prompt • Career Authors
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A Career Authors Writing Prompt: Your protagonist goes back to school. Write that scene.
on Aug 30
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James Baldwin on Talent • Career Authors
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“Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance.” --James Baldwin
on Aug 29
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BEHIND THE PAGES: AGONY HILL by Sarah Stewart Taylor • Career Authors
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A Career Authors exclusive interview with acclaimed author Sarah Stewart Taylor about Agony Hill, the fabulous first entry her brand-new historical mystery series set in the 1960s.
on Aug 28
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The Same But Different Infographic • Career Authors
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An exclusive Career Authors infographic on what publishers really want: The Same But Different.
on Aug 26
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WRITING PROMPT: Storytime • Career Authors
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Did your character’s parent read out loud to them as a child?If they did--or if they didn’t--how did that change them?What was their favorite book? Write a brief scene where they tell someone about that. What happens as a result?
on Aug 23
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Writing A "Career" Hero • Career Authors
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Are you considering raising a hero from the dust of the mundane and least expected? DIAnn Mills talks about the potential for everyday heroes (mothers, fathers, teachers, social workers, EMT workers, 9-1-1 dispatchers, coaches, and more) to carry a novel.
on Aug 14
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5 Questions That Keep Me Sane as a Writer • Career Authors
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James Wade offers tips how to navigate a career in writing while staying true to yourself.
on Aug 12
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Writing Prompt: Getaway Car • Career Authors
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Every week, we offer new photo-driven writing prompts to help you keep the words flowing. This week's prompt: Set a scene in a getaway car.
on Aug 9
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How Not to Fall Out of Love With Your Novel • Career Authors
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Novelist Suzy Krause shares her brilliant method for knowing whether your novel-in-progress has staying power—and happily reaching The End.
on Aug 7
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Behind the Pages: What Lies in Darkness • Career Authors
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Bestseller Christina McDonald shares how she creates her signature blend of police procedural and a touch of paranormal activity.
on Aug 5
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Formula for Writing a Cozy Mystery, Part 7: Pets • Career Authors
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Cozy mysteries and cats go together like peanut butter and jelly, but important decisions must be made choosing a pet featured in your cozy.
on Aug 4
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Formula for Writing a Cozy Mystery, Part 6: The Supporting Cast • Career Authors
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A cozy mystery series needs a cast of recurring characters to help your protagonist with investigations, provide complications in their personal life, and bolster subplots.
on Aug 3
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Formula for Writing a Cozy Mystery, Part 5: The Antagonist • Career Authors
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Whodunit? As in other mystery sub-genres, a good villain is key to a great cozy mystery. Laura offers insider tips on developing your baddie.
on Aug 2