IDABEL ALLEN is the author of Headshots, Cursed! My Devastatingly Brilliant Campaign to Save the Chigg and Rooted: A Washed in the Blood Tale. When not burrowing in the written word, Idabel is generally up to no good with her family, dogs, and herd of antagonistic cows.
To write for an audience, or not to write for an audience… that is one of many questions a writer faces at the start of a…
It starts with an initial kernel of an idea. Then progresses to brainstorming, plotting, outlining, character development and on and on until at last you are…
Got a sure-fire best-selling story idea in your head? Great. Start writing! Got fifteen or twenty sure-fire best-selling story ideas in your head? Not so great.…
While there is no one set of rules for writing, or for writers, we all share a common goal: to complete a book. But how we…
Writing is a process. A process that takes effort, focus, perseverance and a whole lot of time. More time than a beginning writer can appreciate on…
Writer’s block. Days, weeks, even years into a project and suddenly your creativity turns to mush. No matter how hard you push the right words just…
Every great story began as an idea. Taking a great idea and turning it into the great American novel hinges on your ability to transform your…
As the old saying goes, there is a time to every purpose, and the writing process is no different. These is a time to write and…
There are only so many hours in the day and only so much time each of us can dedicate to writing. Between work and school and…
What’s the difference between the books that make the New York Times Bestsellers list and the books that do not? More often than not it comes…