# James Scott Bell

Award-winning novelist Lily King on finding the emotional arc of a novel, writing the scene you keep avoiding, and making peace with ambition, self-criticism and the long road to a first book. You'll learn Why the scene you most want to avoid is usually the one your book needs. How a small change …

How can giving your characters two bad choices raise the stakes in your stories? And how do you ask for the feedback you need from a critique group, and disregard the rest? Erin Dionne shares her writing and publishing tips after more than 20 years as an author and professor. In the intro, The …

What do you do when someone scrawls “you will never publish” across your pages in red Sharpie? You publish anyway! NYT & USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Boyle shares the real behind-the-scenes story of her debut book (featuring a real-life romance hero!), plus the craft and business lessons …