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By formulating a cultural heritage and background, your fictional characters will have a realistic aspect tied with their natural tendencies and typical habits.

Built upon the practice of yoga, Laraine Herring offers insight and exercises to help writers find and embody their authentic voice.

An easy way to determine if your novel or short story is balanced between dialogue, description and narrative, plus some tips on corrections if you need them.

Using "said" after every dialogue line gets boring, but what to use instead?

You don't have to spend an arm and a leg to get software to write. There are free options out there that are just as good as anything you would spend big bucks on.

The transition between a non-writer and a writer is a huge one. Here's how to unlock the writer within with a view of getting published.

Romance novels are big business, fun to read and satisfying to write. But where does your book fit with all the different imprints out there?

Kat Richardson talks about what excites her about the fantasy writing field and the best advice she's ever received about the publishing industry.

Four essential elements of fiction - plot, theme, characterization and voice - are discussed by editor Arthur A. Levine.

Using characters from a novel in progress is a great way to get the cash flowing while finishing the unpublished masterpiece.

Reveal characters and situations through backstory, a little at a time, instead of telling it all at once. Beloved, One True Thing and CBS's Jericho provide examples.

November is a busy month for most people, with preparation for Christmas and other holidays. Throwing a challenge like NaNoWriMo into the mix can make it even scarier.

National Novel Writing Month is an annual challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in November. NaNoWriMo is an exercise in bad literature, community and fun.

An intriguing beginning to a novel makes a person want to read on. How does a writer make a gripping start that gets readers hooked?

Young authors develop confidence in their writing while participating in writing workshops facilitated by local authors at writing camp.

New writers are often daunted by the lengthy novel writing process. This article offers a simple step-by-step creative writing guide to the pre-planning of a novel.

Fiction writers do extensive research to include details that make their short stories and novels ring true. The writing process includes fact-finding and note taking.

With a list as varied as Captain Underpants, The Golden Compass and Goosebumps, Scholastic Books welcome submissions from all genres.

A list of essential books for writers on everything ranging from the craft of writing to the writing life.

A brief character biography is essential to giving your character depth. It also helps to have handy a description and details of a character's life before you begin.

Making a hero seem real means creating a human person with flaws. Here are some tips on creating a hero who is not perfect, but who remains an admirable human being.

Developing a sense of place is very important to a novel as it adds flavor and color to the plot and characters.

After the hero, the villain is the next most important character. No one is all good or all evil. To make a villain believable readers should understand his motives.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if manuscripts sold the minute they were printed out and sent off to a publisher? More often than not, publishing is a long process.

Completing the first draft of a novel is only the beginning. The real time and effort lies in editing and improving the writing.

Finding time to write is like finding time to exercise. It's there if one just quits making excuses.

Breaking into the fiction business without an agent is getting difficult as more and more publishing houses refuse to look at unagented material.

A great opening will pull readers into your novel and not let them put it down. Here are ways to develop problems, questions and "uh-ohs" in your first lines.

Although known for its uninhibited and at times brazen and graphic depiction of sex, this book is widely considered as one of the 20th century's influential masterpieces.

From New York conglomerates to independent presses, there have never been so many options for getting into print.

The aim of National Novel Writing Month, usually abbreviated as NaNoWriMo, is to write a 50,000 word novel in one month.

Without a good query letter, finding representation for a novel can be next to impossible. Here are quick and easy tips for getting noticed.

The Right to Write doesn't teach writers the craft of writing. Instead, it teaches how to trust one's potential and unleash one's creativity.

What to buy a writer for a Christmas or birthday present? A book, of course!

Though the hero and villian play the most important roles, a novel also needs well-developed side characters to add spice to the story and to move the plot forward.

Guidelines on starting a critique group: organization, finding members, submission policies, etc.

Many people at some point in their lives decide they want to write a novel. Others make it their life goal. Here are some how-to's to fulfill that goal

To get a publishing contract for your novel, you need to work hard, attend literary events and workshops, enter contests, meet other writers and continue to write.

Whatever your reason, whether it be a hobby, beginning that first novel, to test the waters, or maybe, you are already published, here are some tips to keep you going!

It only takes editors a few pages to know if they like your novel. Here are some tips to develop character, setting and mood in your first lines.

John Grisham, Dick Francis, Jeff Stone and Sara Gruen are great examples for aspiring writers to "write what you know."

It has long been known that writers, artists, and others who work in creative fields can become prone to depression, especially just after completion of a project.

Children's writer Sharon Siamon shares advice on what makes a good series for tweens, story ideas, and planning fresh plots in children's books.

A good first draft is a creative mess that will later be crafted into an attractive story form.

Dialogue spices narrative and increases pace because it is read more quickly; is pleasing to the reader's eye and gets readers involved.

The most difficult part of writing a book is planning ahead of time where it will lead. That is why a good plot outline is so essential.

How to edit your book for children, focusing on fact checking and reading level.

A good edit can make a huge difference to your story for kids. This article, the first of three, looks at editing for themes and structure.

The plot is a roadmap, and without this map to follow, characters in a story are apt to wander around with no real sense of purpose and no clear destination in mind.

Many writers struggle with how and where to begin a novel. The first chapter, and even the first line, are often the most important in capturing the reader's attention.