Your First Chapter Is Losing Readers — Fix These 5 Mistakes
Is your first chapter losing readers?
Your opening chapter has one main job: to make the reader want to keep reading. But many writers accidentally slow their story down before it has even started.
We’ll talk about why you might be starting your story too early, how too much backstory or worldbuild…
Would Your Book Survive an Acquisitions Editor?
Every author wants to believe their book is ready.
But would it survive the first ten minutes on an acquisitions editor's desk?
In this episode of Pros Talking Prose, Troy Lambert and Stacey Smekofske pull back the curtain on what professional editors and publishers actually look for when evaluati…
Changing Minds: The Neuroscience of Storytelling & Connection
From early childhood, our experiences shape a personal narrative that helps us make sense of the world; far from being an escape, story is how we navigate reality. Because our primal wiring compels us to defend this worldview as the only valid perspective, challenging our beliefs triggers us int…
Changing Minds: The Neuroscience of Storytelling & Connection
From early childhood, our experiences shape a personal narrative that helps us make sense of the world; far from being an escape, story is how we navigate reality. Because our primal wiring compels us to defend this worldview as the only valid perspective, challenging our beliefs triggers us int…
Finding Where You Belong with Joanna Monahan
What does it mean to find where you belong?
This week in The Literary Lounge, Jennifer welcomes author Joanna Monahan to discuss her second novel, Welcome to Blooms, a warm, feel-good story about siblings Daisy and Bud, who must learn to work together to save their family's flower shop. Think of i…
My Top 10 Craft Book Recommendations for Writers - Part 2
Writing craft books have been an essential part of my education as a writer & editor. In this episode, I’m sharing the final 5 books in my top 10 craft books for aspiring fiction writers.
Have a craft book recommendation to share? Hit me up in the DMs - I’m @oliviahelpswriters on Instagram!
Here …
An Agent Miracle & Curveballs to Come
Journalist Mimi Montgomery signed with the first agent she queried (!!), and is using her dog as part of the guerrilla marketing campaign for her debut novel, MURDER BITES, which is a satirical murder mystery on the set of a reality TV show about dogs.
The Long Road to Publishing with Eva Langsto…
Write Big: Beyond the Book Deal
Host Jennie Nash talks with novelist and journalist Caroline Madden about why writers crave traditional publishing deals and how that desire can become an unhealthy obsession tied to external validation and “pick me” energy. Madden recounts a 20-year path to publication, including losing two agents…
From the Archives: Two Opposing Views on Handling Tricky Backstory
Bianca Marais, finishes her discussion with Lisa Cron, author of Story Genius and Wired for Story. In this second of two episodes, Lisa unpacks her approach to backstory. Weighing in with an opposing view, is bestselling author, Karen Dionne (The Marsh King's Daughter and The Wicked Sister) with he…
From the Archives: The Biggest Mistake Writers Make: Lisa Cron
Bianca Marais, chats with Lisa Cron, author of Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere) and Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First…
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