Kate Hart and Rae Ann Parker give a short YA crash course and go over types of settings and the character archetypes (with examples) for YA.
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Led by Dana Chamblee Carpenter, mystery novelists discuss balancing time between their day-to-day lives and writing.
Mirror moments, minor characters, and making your protagonists compelling.
Joseph Valencic suggests turning your book (or parts of it) into a documentary, and it doesn't matter whether it is a fiction or nonfiction book. He explains what a "treatment" is and why you have to allow room for "happy accidents."