In advance of the 2016 Writers of Color Roundtable event at GrubStreet's Muse and the Marketplace conference they kicked off the conversation with #Muse16 presenters. In this installment is literary agent Ayanna Coleman, who lead a Muse session on The Character of YA...
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Here I am, sitting in my new office in Germany, looking out the window to a sheet of rain and thinking, welp – here’s 2022!
The year closed surprisingly fast and we’re already day four of the next one. I don’t know about you, but I don’t feel entirely ready to take it on.
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How to Tighten Your Manuscript By Michaela Whatnall Revision comes with many challenges, but there is one that can be particularly hard to face—cutting down your manuscript. As a writer, you’ve spent months, maybe years, getting your words onto the page, only...
Don’t Make Your Readers Guess Your Story
By Laura Nsafou Turning the first page of a new manuscript is exciting. When it comes to meeting new characters, it's all about discovery. When writers submit their manuscripts, agents experience their stories' impact like a first-time reader. We want to...
Feedback: Why You Need It, Especially When Writing for Diverse Audiences
By Laura Nsafou Writing a novel needs a critical mind. There’s a plot, some characters, a setting, and the actual words made into sentences and paragraphs need to have a certain style that brings the aforementioned pieces to life. Unfortunately, many times when...
