Skip the Boring by Mindee Arnett

Skip the Boring by Mindee Arnett

How to Avoid the Boring by Mindee Arnett One of the best and most amusing writing tips I’ve ever heard comes from the king of dialogue and characters himself, Elmore Leonard. It’s number 10 in his 10 Rules of Writing and it goes something like this: Try to leave out...
Write a Killer First Line by Karen Finneyfrock

Write a Killer First Line by Karen Finneyfrock

When I’m not writing young adult fiction, (my debut novel, The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door came out on Viking Children’s Books in 2013), I’m teaching creative writing through a program called Writers in the Schools. Although I’ve taught every age group you came name,...
QotW: Do You Have A Critique Partner?

QotW: Do You Have A Critique Partner?

Hey everyone! It’s Clara Kensie, back with a new Question of the Week! Pretty much the only thing writers love as much as writing is talking about writing. So each week here at Adventures in YA Publishing, I post a question for you to answer. The questions cover all...

Announcing the May Pitch+250 Contest

Get your pitches and first pages ready! Submissions for the next Pitch+250 Contest will be accepted starting on Sunday, April 28th at 3:00pm Eastern time. The submission window will close on May 3rd at 11:00pm Eastern time, or when we receive 100 submissions,...