by Linden Gross | May 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
When people tell me they loved a novel, they rarely say, “Wow, that plot twist was brilliant!” More often, it’s: “I couldn’t stop thinking about the character.” And usually, what they’re really responding to is the character arc—the way an oh-so-human character...
by Linden Gross | May 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
We writers are fantastic starters. We have more beginnings than a stack of unplanted seed packets—novel ideas, essays, poems, children’s books, half-built worlds. Finishing? That’s trickier. Somewhere between the rush of inspiration and the final period,...
by Linden Gross | Apr 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
When I sit down with a client who’s about to start a novel, I can usually tell which camp they fall into: the “I’ve got an outline longer than War and Peace” camp or the “I’ll just wing it and see where the characters take me” camp. Both approaches can work—but both...
by Linden Gross | Mar 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Why do some aspiring authors–or even published authors, for that matter–wind up not writing? For starters, most of us don’t have the luxury of writing full-time. We have jobs, and making a living takes precedence over almost everything else. Of...
by Linden Gross | Dec 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
by Linden Gross | Nov 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
A great paragraph can sparkle—but without good transitions, your readers will still stumble. Think of transitions as the invisible bridges or stepping stones that carry readers smoothly from one idea, scene, or chapter to the next. Done well, they create a sense of...
