Great villains make heroes shine even more. Carl Engle-Laird
Chris Jackson, Richard Kadrey, Robyn Bennis, Scott Lynch discuss.
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Great villains make heroes shine even more. Carl Engle-Laird
Chris Jackson, Richard Kadrey, Robyn Bennis, Scott Lynch discuss how to write chilling and even sympathetic villains rather than moustache-twirling, one-dimensional puppets.
Sandra Tayler teaches some basic principles to help when designing your own covers, hiring someone to do covers, or consulting with the designer your publisher hired.
"The rule of three won’t save low-hanging fruit, but moving the payload will yield a solid comic drop.” Howard Tayler shows how to use this not-funny line to make other sentences VERY funny!
You've got a setting and a story, but how can you make it feel even more real? By giving it a history! Dana Cameron, Erin Evans, Howard Andrew Jones, Richard Kadrey
Having a mythos characters believe in, a belief system that drives them, can help make your imaginary world come to life! Linda Robertson, Annie Sullivan, Eden Robins, and Bryan Young show how.
How dark is too dark for teens? Kids are resilient, but can stories force them to grow up too fast? Alethea Kontis, Aaron Rosenberg, Jerry Gordon, Kelly McCullough, and Kirk Dougal discuss.
Imposter syndrome plagues everyone from rookies to New York Times bestsellers. Erin Evans, Keith Baker, Maurice Broaddus, and Robyn Bennis discuss how to deal with it.
Your best friend just got a three-book deal with a New York publisher. Now what? You're jealous, that's what. Eugene Fischer, Kelly McCullough, and Tim Waggoner discuss how to deal with it.