​Breaking Into the YA Market --

For Young Writers

Breaking Into the YA Market -- For Adults

BOOKS I RECOMMEND TO HELP WITH DESCRIPTION

• MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS by Bryn Donovan
• THE EMOTION THESAURUS by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi

BOOKS FOR PLOTTING A KILLER STORY

• MY STORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR STORYby Jeffrey Alan Schechter
• WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL by Donald Maass
  
• TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS! OUTLINE YOUR BOOKS FOR FASTER, BETTER WRITING by Libbie Hawker
  

LINKS TO HELP MAKE WRITING MORE DESCRIPTIVE

• Free online bookDIMENSIONS OF BODY LANGUAGE
  
• ​List of Character Quirks from THE WRITER'S CIRCLE
  
• Touchy Feely Words from THE WRITER'S CIRCLE
• Ways to describe someone's voice from THE WRITER'S CIRCLE
• Thesaurus.com or your favorite thesaurus

WAYS TO GET YOUR WORK IN FRONT OF AGENTS AND EDITORS

• Check out the WRITER'S DIGEST GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS BLOG
• Attend conferences through WRITER'S DIGEST, SCBWI, or RWA
• Enter contests like the ones through WRITER'S DIGEST or HUNGER MOUNTAIN
• ​Take online Classes or Webinars like those at WRITER'S DIGEST, HIGHLIGHTS, RWA, or WOMEN ON WRITING 
  

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WRITER'S RULES