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November is National Novel Writing Month
NaNoWriMo’s Chris Baty shares five tips for writing your book in a month.

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Look at the Dead Person
Fred McGavran's "Look at the Dead Person" took first place in the Horror category of the 2008 Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards. To read the grand-prize winning entry and other first-place finishers, click here. Read more
Tips for Revising Your Manuscript
Revising is often perceived as frustrating and overwhelming, but Write Great Fiction: Revision & Self-Editing by James Scott Bell gives you the guidance you need to revise like a pro.

In this excerpt from chapter fifteen, discover why it's so important to do a careful first read-through of your manuscript before you start the revising and editing. Read more
WGF: Revision & Self-Editing Author Q&A
Find out why Christy Award-winning novelist and Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure author James Scott Bell thinks setting a personal writing quota is so important, and much more. Read more
Bulllies, Bastards & Bitches
With Jessica Page Morrell's Bullies, Bastards & Bitches, you'll be able to tap into your story’s dark side by creating realistic and memorable anti-heroes, villains, antagonists, and difficult protagonists. Read more
Defining and Developing Your Anti-Hero
Anti-heros are the bastards of fiction—those bad guys readers love to hate and hate to love. Find out whats makes a memorable anti-hero tick in this excerpt from Bullies, Bastards & Bitches by Jessica Page Morrell. Read more
Grit, Wit and "It"
Work one or all three of these important traits into your lead character and create a hero worthy of remembrance. Read More
Jump Off the Page
These three characteristics are essential to bringing your protagonist to life. Read More
How to Create Haunting Imagery
Shelia Bender's use of bantus to spark your writing with imagery. Read More
Tips for Keeping Your Readers Hooked
Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet give this advice to writers trying to create delightful twists in their stories. Read More