Education and Craft

Author AJ Baker on His University's Media and Creative Writing Curriculum

As with most skills or crafts, writing requires education, dedication, and repetition to improve your practice. The more you learn and the more you write, the better...
- AJ Baker
Write What Only You Can Write | Moses Ose Utomi’s Best Writing Advice

An elite female fighter must reenter the competition to protect her found family of younger sisters in this scintillating young adult fantasy inspired by West African...
- Moses Ose Utomi
Common Areas Where Writers Fall Short With Their Stories

Having worked with many authors and dozens of manuscripts over the years, ALC and Fuzeframe President Keith Ogorek sees common storytelling mistakes that derail opportunities...
- Keith Ogorek
Common Mistakes New Fiction Authors Should Be Careful to Avoid

As an editor, author and screenwriter Mike Robinson sees writing craft and technique mistakes that are commonly made by new or inexperienced fiction writers. First,...
- Mike Robinson
Stuart Gibbs: Mission Write - Telling a Story

New York Times bestselling author Stuart Gibbs talks about inspiration, research, reading, and how to build a believable story with outlines, methods, and details. For...
- Stuart Gibbs