FDF #45: Revealing Character Through Dialogue
Join us, Friday, June 10th at 5PM Eastern Time. Our guest, Amy L. Bernstein, will discuss revealing character through dialogue. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Amy will give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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FDF #44: Playing Your Role
Join us, Friday, May 20th at 11AM Eastern Time. Our guest, Gordon Byron, will discuss the role YOU play in character development. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Gordon will give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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FDF #43: Using Conflict for Maximum Impact
Join us, Friday, May 6th at 12 Noon Eastern Time. Our guest, Becca Puglisi, will discuss the pivotal role conflict plays in storytelling. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Becca will give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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FDF #42: The Long Road to Publication
Join us, Friday, April 22nd at 5 PM Eastern Time. Our guest, USA Today bestselling author, Danielle Girard, will discuss facing rejection and the long road to publication—how to stay motivated, how to get over the disappointments, and ways to keep the job fun while waiting for news. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Danielle will give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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FDF #40: Creating a Bestseller Using Marlowe
Our guest, best-selling author James Rosone, discusses how to use your Marlowe report to engineer a bestseller and develop effective audience targeting for your marketing campaign. You won’t want to miss this FREE live chat! In this First Draft Friday video chat, Audrey will answer your questions and share her experience.
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FDF #41: Packing an (Emotional) Punch
Join us, Friday, April 1st at 12 NOON Eastern Time. Our guest, USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone, will discuss how to infuse a story with feeling and depth to make your book an unforgettable experience for your readers. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Sierra will give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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FDF #39: Make Settings Sexy
Join us, Friday, March 4th at 12 NOON Eastern Time. Our guest, USA Today best-selling author Tiffany Reisz, will discuss the importance of your novels setting. The right setting can make or break your novel. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Tiffany will answer questions, and give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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FDF #38: You 100% Don’t Understand Your Genre
Join us, Friday, February 18th at 5PM Eastern Time. Our guest, author and editor, Stephenie Magister helps us take a deeper look at what experience the reader is REALLY having in the genre you thought you were writing. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions. Stephenie will answer questions, and give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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FDF #37: Conquering the Writer’s Block Myth
Join us, Friday, February 4th at Noon Eastern Time. Our guest, writing coach, ghostwriter, and author Jeff Deck is in a discussion with Alessandra Torre about conquering the writer's block myth . This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions to the event! In this First Draft Friday live video chat, Jeff will answer questions, and give you actionable tips! Sign up now!
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FDF #36: Bridging The Genre Gap
Join us, Friday, January 21st at Noon Eastern Time. Our guest, author Ryan Schow is in a discussion with Alessandra Torre about writing in different genres. This is a FREE live chat, so please bring your questions and opinions to the event! In this First Draft Friday live video chat, Ryan will answer questions, and give you actionable tips!
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Marlowe 2.0: The latest in AI for authors
We're announcing the release of Marlowe 2.0, an artificial intelligence tool to help authors improve their long-form fiction.
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Examples of narrative arcs in modern fiction
Do novels share certain storytelling patterns? An A.I. has determined that most best-sellers use one of seven universal plot archetypes.
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