Turning Your Writing Passion into a Clear Vision for Success
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from popular past posts on Live Write Thrive. From Sell Your Passion…
First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
For this week’s first-page examination, we’re going to dive into my favorite book that I listened to last year—The Ocean…
How to Break Up Your Novel into Definable Sections
Last week I started diving into the three-act structure and explained that such structure is random and arbitrary. While many…
The Importance of Creating a Rich History for Your Characters
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from popular past posts on Live Write Thrive. From History as Mystery:…
First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: All the Light We Cannot See
This week we’re going to look at the first page of the highly acclaimed novel All the Light We Cannot…
What Writers May Not Know about the “Required” Three-Act Structure
I’m going to spend some weeks on tearing apart novel structure. I’ve hesitated over the years to get into this….
10 Things You Ought to Learn before You Self-Publish Your Book
Today’s post is by author Karen Pashley: Going indie is a fantastic adventure. So much to learn! So much to…
Don’t Make These 3 Mistakes When Networking
For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at excerpts from popular past posts on Live Write Thrive. From 3 Great Tips…
First Pages of Best-Selling Novels: Menagerie
Mangerie by Rachel Vincent is a novel that fits into a number of genres: contemporary fantasy, magical realism, romance. It…