7 Easy Questions to Edit Scenes Like a Pro

7 Easy Questions to Edit Scenes Like a Pro

Read Time: 2 minutes Last month, about 400,000 people were estimated to have participated in National Novel Writing Month. Among them, about 40,000 were crowned as “winners” by finishing a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. That’s a lot of first drafts! Many of those...
6 Months of Novel Writing Tips

6 Months of Novel Writing Tips

Read Time: 1 minute Greetings storyteller. Wow. Six months of The Saturday Storyteller just happened. And this week it’s Thanksgiving in the United States and I’ve been sick as a dog. But in honor of our expanding time together, I’ve provided links to the first 25...
How to Turn Writer’s Block into Building Blocks

How to Turn Writer’s Block into Building Blocks

Read Time: 2 minutes Your favorite writing coach lied to you. They said you needed to honor a strict schedule, get fresh air, or find inspiration to overcome writer’s block. But you’re still stuck… That means it’s time to avoid the clichés and test these solutions to...
7 Simple Ways to Validate Story Ideas for a Novel

7 Simple Ways to Validate Story Ideas for a Novel

Read Time: 3 minutes You’ve had story ideas brewing in your mind for weeks, but are they worthy of the competition? How can you tell if your ideas will stand out among the millions of people writing books in 2022? How do you know your ideas can be profitable or...