Authors explore the age-old question every writer faces: write what you know or research what you don’t. This conversation examines how writers balance personal experience with deep research, when instinct matters most, and how thoughtful preparation can expand both credibility and creative freedom on the page.
How to Hook a Reader from the First Line
A great beginning invites the reader into the story and makes a promise it must keep. Dianne McCartney, Elise Burke Brown, J.L. Yarrow, Lori Robbins, Renda Knapp, and Sara Johnson share how to craft openings that immediately engage through tension, curiosity, and...
