Fit or Flat: Getting Your Novel in Shape Part II
Let's chat about sagging middles. Pilates works at strengthening the body’s core, creating a taut, attractive, strong middle. That's what we want in our writing, too. One way to create that…
CONFLICTED ABOUT CONFLICT? A guest post from Conda V. Douglas, short story maven
Today I welcome Idaho writer Conda V. Douglas. Conda's had more than 100 short stories published and has written a great book on writing short stories, Write Short to Succeed. Recently she…
Fit or Flat: Getting Your Novel in Shape: Part I
Just like the people who pen them, novels in progress (and some in print) are subject to several physical ailments: flabbiness, sagging middles, lack of tension and tone, and just…
