I love doing series on writing craft and techniques. This year, I’ve done a series on the secret sauce of writing that I feel took my writing to a publishable level, and a guest series on things other authors feel are part of their secret sauce that we’ve just begun. Secret Sauce Part II will probably run through the rest of the summer (and I’m still taking guest posts if you’d like to share some of your secret sauce!), but after that I have several ideas for the next series.
What topic would you like to see covered next?
Be sure to check the free writing guides page or the list below to make sure I haven’t already covered a topic before you suggest it!
Other previous series (now available as PDF writing guides!)
- Character Arcs
- The Plot Thickens
- Writing Emotion (it’s tough)
- PDF guide to creating character sympathy
(original blog series Creating character sympathy) - Deep POV
- Tension, Suspense & Surprise: To get the free PDF, just share the automatic message via one of these social networks, using the buttons below:
I’ve sketched out the characters from the dream, the scene, the basic plot idea, and I did a little research (it was a historical dream). 