The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
The Other Half of the Verb Problem: Who’s Doing the Action?
The books readers get lost in — the ones where you look up and an hour has passed — put you inside a character's experience. You're not watching from outside. You're in the body, feeling[...]
When Revision Gets Fun: The Gold Already Waiting in Your Pages
You've finished your draft. You've done the structural work — you know what the book is, how the pieces connect, where things need to move. And now you're back inside the scenes themselves. This is[...]
Learn to write your memoir with 30+ experts!
If you're a current or aspiring memoirist, I've got something exciting to share that will help you feel more supported as a writer. Dirty Messy Alive: Embodied Memoir-Writing Workshop Series is a free 4-day event[...]
Discovery Writing: What It Is, Why It Works, and How to Try It
Some of the best novels ever written were never outlined. Stephen King famously compares writing to excavation — you don't build a story, you uncover it, like a fossil. Margaret Atwood, Ray Bradbury, Alice Walker[...]
Find Your Prose Rhythm: How to Write Description That Keeps Readers Turning Pages
The books readers can't put down don't just have great plots or compelling characters. They have prose that moves. Sentences that flow into each other so naturally that the reader stops noticing the words and[...]
The Backwards Outline: Why the Best Revision Tool Comes After Your First Draft
You finished your draft. Maybe it took six months. Maybe it took three years. And now you're looking at this sprawling, imperfect, occasionally brilliant mess of pages, and you're not sure what to do with[...]
You Already Know the Concepts. Here’s What’s Actually Missing.
Most writers who come to me aren't starting from zero. They've read the craft books. They've taken the workshops. They know what showing and telling means. They've heard about scene versus summary, about the importance[...]
What Writers Are Saying About Working With a Coach (Early Findings)
A few weeks ago I put out a short survey: if you've worked with a writing coach, editor, or course — mine or anyone else's — I wanted to hear about it. What it[...]
Sentence Structure in Fiction: How to Write Stronger Scenes One Sentence at a Time
What Is Sentence Structure? Sentence structure in fiction is how you put together your words, phrases, clauses, and use sentence lengths to control a reader’s experience. Novelists use sentence structure to shape pacing, build tension, emphasize[...]
Case Study: How Julie Learned To See Herself As A Writer
Julie Parmentier primarily writes mystery fiction, although she has also written short fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Book a Strategy Session Case Study: What made Julie want to work with[...]
