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Dear Writer,

Preparing a Query Letter

Selecting Agents to Query

The Kind of Agent You Are Looking For

You’ve Drafted Your Book to the Point of Submission. Now What?

I stared down at the blank watercolor paper, worried by the lack of lines. What was I expected to create with this swath of nothingness…

The writing process can seem like endless note-taking for your works in progress. I try everything I can think of to organize various ideas…

For writers, success comes in many small increments. Because you are often alone in a room with much work left to be done (first drafts…

A coach can help you during your writing process in many ways. But don’t just take it from us. We asked real members from our coaching…

As the Head Coach at OneRoom, I read a lot about what makes for a strong creative writing practice. I’ve been reading a book called Rest…

There’s a belief that balancing rest and play with your work is actually good for your writing practice. Henry Miller, in his self-directed…

In his book REST, author Alex Soo-Jung Kim Pang makes the most welcome case that “busyness isn’t useful.”

Sometimes working on a big project feels like a constant uphill slog. So, we’ve compiled some advice from our writing coaches to help keep…

“Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation.’ You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no ‘writer’s lifestyle.’ All that matters is…

A Series of Tips to Keep You Writing

“False Hope Syndrome,” some psychologists call it. We make New Year’s resolutions that are beyond our individual means to reach. Maybe they…

This week, I had a short story accepted for publication. I’m thrilled. I also want to be honest about the process of getting it to the…

On Finding Motivation to Write December through October

You’ve spent a month working hard on your novel — maybe you’ve even finished a 50,000 word draft. But instead of feeling pride and…

Writing a novel is crazy. Writing a novel in one month is insane *cough* NaNoWriMo *cough*. So why do people do it? There are some great…

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is coming to an end. Which means, a lot of (very tired) novelists are racing to finish their…

In my favorite book on writing, The Triggering Town, Richard Hugo suggests, “When you are writing, glance over your shoulder, and you’ll…

We’ve compiled advice from authors on keeping your butt in your seat, and pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard, as it may be). Sometimes…

A Series of Tips to Keep You Writing