by Tom Corson-Knowles |
If you want to write the next Glee, why don’t you do what their writers did? Do you think they created the story on the fly? Do you think they came to work on Monday morning and said, “I wonder what predicament we can throw in this week?” Did you think they had winged...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
Your story starts at the beginning, and beginnings are so important. I often hear from writers that the book really gets going a few chapters in. So why don’t you start the story there? In this era of micro attention spans, most readers are not going to...
by Tom Corson-Knowles |
Many writers after submitting a manuscript for publishing consideration ask us this simple question: “Why did my book get rejected?” There are two ways you can answer this question: either you, the author, made some mistakes with your manuscript, or the...
by Tom Corson-Knowles |
Recently, TCK Publishing posted a job opening for a new Blog Manager. Within a few weeks, we had hundreds of writers apply for the position. Most just didn’t make the cut. So, what separates a great writer from an average one? Employers, publishers, and editors are...
by Jacob Mohr
We’ve all been there before. You’re working on a crackerjack creative project, but something’s missing. Maybe you’re designing the cover of your next self-published bestselling novel. Maybe you’re laying out a website for a client’s business. Maybe you want to add a...
