Crafting an Irresistible Inciting Incident

Crafting an Irresistible Inciting Incident

A book may begin on page one, but the real story starts when a key moment sets the plot in motion. This week, Polly Watt from Fictionary shares how to craft an inciting incident that will hook your readers. What is an Inciting Incident? At its most basic, an inciting...
So You “Won” NaNoWriMo! Now What?

So You “Won” NaNoWriMo! Now What?

Last week, Mark had a message to share with authors who didn’t “win” this year’s NaNoWriMo. It is an important reminder that there is no way to “lose” the NaNoWriMo challenge because you can always take what you worked on and continue building toward the book you want...
So You Didn’t “Win” NaNoWriMo?

So You Didn’t “Win” NaNoWriMo?

A letter from our own Mark Leslie Lefe​bvre for everyone who didn’t hit 50K this NaNoWriMo. So ​it’s ​December ​1st, ​and ​​NaNoWriMo is over. And everywhere ​around ​you, fellow author friends are ​posting ​on ​social ​media ​that ​they ​made ​it, ​they...