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Writing Tip: Gary D. Schmidt

Get your protagonists in trouble right away. Put them in a place where something has happened, or will happen, and they have no choice but to respond. That starts the story off, and that makes the reader want to know what happens next.

Writing Tip: Padma Venkatraman

Split yourself into 2 people in your head. I call them Writer Padma and Editor Padma.

Writing Tip: Bruce Coville

One of the most irresistible things in the world is a secret. Seriously, what is your immediate reaction if someone tells you they have a secret? You want to know what it is!

Writing Tip: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Remain open to the possibility of changing your approach to a project.

Writing Tip: Will Alexander

I find writing rituals tremendously helpful—even when those rituals are also ridiculously silly.

Writing Tip: Jasmine Warga

Jasmine has a very simple writing tip: read.

Writing Tip: Karen Cushman

Rules, rules, rules. Here’s my tip: make up your own rules, or better yet, have no rules.

Writing Tip: Veera Hiranandani

I’ve taught creative writing for many years and one of my favorite writing exercises that I’ve given to both kids and adults is experimenting with another point of view.

Writing Tip: Eugene Yelchin

Try this at home. It saved a couple of my books which were later successfully published from certain abandonment during the process.

Writing Tip: Caroline Starr Rose

Caroline shares a memorable quote from an author friend, displayed on the bulletin board above her desk.