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The "Write" Way to do Writers' Conferences

By Casey Cline
Posted 9/26/2024

I'm a brand-new author, and I recently attended my first two writers' conferences within two weeks of each other. If I learned anything from these experiences, it's that there will always be more to learn, even for those authors who have already scaled the steep learning curve I'm still clawing my way up. 


So, with such a growth mindset, here is this newbie's perspective on the "write" way to do writers' conferences. 
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Want to Excel at Live-Pitching Literary Agents? 6+1 Pro-Tips to Raise You Above the Crowd

By Felicia Salber
Posted 9/26/2024

Signed up for a live pitch event and want to make the best of it? Tried live-pitching already but the agent was visibly untouched and passed on your book? Never dared to sign up cause it feels like the most daunting thing in the world? My friend, I hear you. And I brought you 6+1 pro-tips, all based on experience and research, that will ease your worries and help you excel at this very special (and often very expensive) step of your writer’s journey. 
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The Emotional Journey of the Romantic Arc

By Tina Radcliffe
Posted 2/28/2025

How do we move our love interests from awareness to forever love in a romance? By taking a trip on the romantic arc. The romantic arc is just that. It’s an authentic journey of awareness, emotional bonding, and falling in love. It parallels the internal journey of your story.

After years of struggling to create an organic bonding path for my romance books, I created my own falling-in-love arc. Since I plot using Michael Hauge’s Six Stage Plot Structure, my arc has roots in that process, although the framework is the basic three-act structure. It can be used whether you are a pantser or a plotter. For more on Hauge’s Six Stage Plot Structure, check out storymastery.com
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Family Drama ~ Powerful Tools for Subplot

By Renee Carter
Posted 9/26/2024

Family can bring joy, pain and frustration. This is exactly why they are ideal for subplot. Let’s look at the various types and how they can enrich your plot.

  1. Large & Chaotic ~Your MC (Main Characters) grew up with many siblings. Loud voices boomed throughout the house. Sundays and holidays known to be wilder with visits from extended family. This environment is one they thrive in.

  2. The Smother Bunch~ This family comes in small, medium and large sizes. Secrets are rare and boundaries are few. Their love for each other equates giving their opinions and popping over each other’s houses at will.
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Scenes and Sequels: The (Relatively) Easy Way to Plot Your Novel

By Ann Kellett
Posted 9/26/2024

If it’s true—as F. Scott Fitzgerald claimed—that “character is plot and plot is character,” then the scene-and-sequel approach to novel writing makes the task of plotting much easier. This approach was developed by the late Dwight Swain, an author and screenwriter who taught at the University of Oklahoma, and in my opinion as a fiction editor, is one of the best.
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