Jami Gold's Writing Worksheets: Help for all writers, from newbies to experts and from plotters to pantsers.

Writing Revision Tips for Kids from middle grade author Karen Day.

Jami Gold's Writing Worksheets: Help for all writers, from newbies to experts and from plotters to pantsers.

Celestial symbolism in writing refers to the use of celestial bodies such as the sun, moon, and stars as symbols to convey deeper meanings in a literary work. Celestial symbolism has been used in literature for centuries. It can add depth and meaning to your work by conveying abstract ideas and emotions through concrete images. Symbolism helps to create a mood or atmosphere, and to reinforce themes and motifs throughout a text. The same symbol can represent a variety of things in literature depending on the context and the author's intent, which is why some examples may have more than one association.

Let's take some good traits and take them to their worst possible conclusions, twisting them into something negative.

Do you feel overwhelmed by the idea of revising your hot mess of a manuscript? Do you wish you had an organized, step-by-step process you could follow?

Jami Gold's Writing Worksheets: Help for all writers, from newbies to experts and from plotters to pantsers.

I can't make everyone a winner in my Blogiversary contest, but I can give everyone a gift by releasing a new worksheet. Yay! A couple of my readers asked me to take a look a John Truby's work and see if I could come up with a worksheet based on his teachings.

A free proofreading printable to remember to revise and edit separately using the acronyms ARMS and CUPS.

A few tricks to stop your character from getting annoying.

If you're looking to add conflict to your story or throw a few problems your characters' way, I've got some ideas for you.

Whether your characters are getting into swordfights, falling out of high windows, or escaping dramatic fires, you may be wondering what sort of injuries they would realistically sustain. This guide aims to explain some common injuries in fiction, as well as how to write each one. I did my best to research this (check

This guide aims to teach you how to write quotable dialogue in your novels and scripts.

Add some extra texture to your characters.

This guide gives you some tips on dropping hints of romance without explicitly stating it, or having your characters shout it from the rooftops.

Use this simple blueprint to revise your story scenes into compelling moments of discovery and decision. Comes with step-by-step recipe card for you to try.

Expanding Sentences Anchor Chart and Mini-Lesson

One way to learn how to revise your story is to look into how other writers approach revision. This article covers the techniques I used to revise my first novel. Take what is applicable to your book and leave the pieces that aren’t.

If you've ever wondered how to edit a novel after you've written the first draft, this post gives you a thorough list of things to focus on during revisions.

Once I’ve had some time away from my first draft, it’s time to start in on revisions. Naturally, the first stage in revisions is . . . the second draft! The second draft is the most complicated stage of my writing process, and half the time I feel like I have to re-learn this

As we near the end of July, I’m about halfway through Draft #2 of WINTER: Book Four of the Lunar Chronicles, so I thought this would be a good time to talk about my process for tackling this book, before I forget what I was doing when I took all of these very impressive looking photos.

A plot hole is a gap, contradiction or inconsistency in a storyline that goes against the internal logic of the story. It's the kind of slip-up that makes switched-on readers say, "Wait, hang on a second!"

Sometimes dialogue sounds stiff, clunky, or unnatural. Try these tricks to make your dialogue sound more natural and less written.

Here's a guide to writing cozy fantasy, including some examples of the subgenre and some ideas to get you started.

What makes some novels feel "fanfic-y" or draw comparison to fanfiction?

I know you guys like making your readers cry, so I thought I'd enable this pattern.

This guide aims to teach you how to write quotable dialogue in your novels and scripts.

Whether your characters are getting into swordfights, falling out of high windows, or escaping dramatic fires, you may be wondering what sort of injuries they would realistically sustain. This guide aims to explain some common injuries in fiction, as well as how to write each one. I did my best to research this (check

I asked my Instagram followers,“What are some signs of amateurish writing, in your opinion?” Here are the results!

Writing advice that I think is often misinterpreted, unhelpful, or applied in ways I disagree with.