"Is my writing any good?" most of my new writing coach clients want to know. I usually dodge the question because that's just not the issue. If their writing needs help, we'll make it stronger. No big deal. The real challenge for each writer, whether they're writing...

Do you cater to your audience when writing? Do you even know who that audience is? Knowing whom we're writing for helps on the creative front. I'm a firmbeliever that you have to satisfy your creative vision, but if you want people to read your book, you also need to...

Conflict, the topic of Part 1 of this two-part series, is just one element in your tackle box when it comes to how to grab your readers’ attention. In another Writer’s Digest article, “10 Ways to Hook Your Reader (and Reel Them in for Good),” author Ann Garvin lists...

Have you figured out how to hook readers in your book's first paragraph and keep them on the line until the ending? If not, that novel or piece of narrative nonfiction you've worked so hard on probably won't come close to living up to those dreams of success you...