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How (Not) to Be a NaNoWriMo Champ

With the excitement for NaNoWriMo surrounding the writing world, and preparations for thirty days of mad writing beginning, many of you…

Nov 1, 2017

How (Not) to Be a NaNoWriMo Champ

Nov 1, 2017

Ava Jae

Tools for NaNoWriMo

So NaNoWriMo is right around the corner, which means the time to prepare has arrived. For those of us who can’t write 50,000 words over a…

Oct 30, 2017

Tools for NaNoWriMo

Oct 30, 2017

Ava Jae

NaNo What Now?: A Primer on NaNoWriMo

Inevitably, around this time of year, people in writer circles start uttering the same four syllables, sometimes in hushed whispers…

Oct 27, 2017

NaNo What Now?: A Primer on NaNoWriMo

Oct 27, 2017

Ava Jae

To NaNo or Not to NaNo?

After many years of sitting on the sidelines, I participated in NaNoWriMo for the first time in 2012. And despite having experienced a…

Oct 25, 2017

To NaNo or Not to NaNo?

Oct 25, 2017

Ava Jae

Pitch Tip: Make Your Stakes Personal

So a while ago I spent a full week working on Twitter pitch critiques, and I’m not sure how many I read, exactly, but it was a lot. And…

Oct 7, 2017

Pitch Tip: Make Your Stakes Personal

Oct 7, 2017

Ava Jae

On Bending (and Breaking) Writing Rules

Something easy to forget when dispensing (or reading) writing tips and rules is there are exceptions for (almost) everything. A writing…

Aug 28, 2017

On Bending (and Breaking) Writing Rules

Aug 28, 2017

Ava Jae

How to Choose a POV Character

There are many factors to consider and questions to answer when you decide to write a book. What genre and age group do you want to write…

Aug 16, 2017

How to Choose a POV Character

Aug 16, 2017

Ava Jae

Writing Description Through Character

While working on a WIP years ago, my critique partner at the time pointed out to me that my teenage boy protagonist was having some rather…

Jul 7, 2017

Writing Description Through Character

Jul 7, 2017

Ava Jae

Are Daily and Weekly Writing Goals Necessary?

I’d read early on about the importance of keeping a daily writing goal, and I have to say it’s probably one of the most useful bits of…

Jul 5, 2017

Are Daily and Weekly Writing Goals Necessary?

Jul 5, 2017

Ava Jae

Why Do Your Characters Like Each Other?

When working on a manuscript a while back, I encountered an unexpected problem — at least, unexpected to me.

Jun 19, 2017

Why Do Your Characters Like Each Other?

Jun 19, 2017

Ava Jae

Ava Jae

YA writer. Latinx. Author of the BEYOND THE RED trilogy (Sky Pony Press). Freelance Editor. Rep'd by @louisefury of The Bent Agency. they/them

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