Plot Planning

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  • Tips for Outlining a Fiction Book

    John Wilkerson, sci-fi author, journalist, and ghostwriter, is a bit of a plotter and a bit of a pantser. However, he prefers the term “dungeon crawler.” Before starting...
    John Wilkerson
    • John Wilkerson
  • Liz Nugent Reveals the Secret Origins of Unraveling Oliver

    In this interview at BEA 2017, author Liz Nugent talks about her new thriller, Unraveling Oliver , and what it's like sitting across a table from a convicted murderer...
    Liz Nugent
    • Liz Nugent
  • Tips for Writing a Good Thriller - podcast

    How o you write a story that is so gripping and terrifying that people are uncomfortable keeping the book in the house? According to Eric Penz, the difference between...
    Eric Penz
    • Eric Penz
  • Tips for Writing a Good Thriller - video

    How o you write a story that is so gripping and terrifying that people are uncomfortable keeping the book in the house? According to Eric Penz, the difference between...
    Eric Penz
    • Eric Penz
  • What Topics Work for YA? - podcast

    Young Adult author Janette Rallison discusses which topics work well when writing YA fiction. There’s a large market for YA, and there’s quite a bit of variety in...
    Janette Rallison
    • Janette Rallison