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Virtual Workshop Announcement!

As a writer, you know you need feedback, though yes, not all feedback is created equal. Unfortunately, the most common method — asking…

May 17, 2024

Virtual Workshop Announcement!

May 17, 2024

How to Participate in Writing Workshops

A directed writing group can help you perfect your novel, here’s what you need to know to maximize your experience.

Jul 29, 2024

How to Participate in Writing Workshops

Jul 29, 2024

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Planning Your Success: We’re Here to Help!

Sunny days, higher temperatures, and…decreased motivation? If you feel less motivated in the summer, you aren’t alone. Studies show that…

Jul 26, 2024

Planning Your Success: We’re Here to Help!

Jul 26, 2024

Do You (Still) Need an Author Website in 2024?

Protect your reader base from the next social media meltdown

Jun 20, 2024

Do You (Still) Need an Author Website in 2024?

Jun 20, 2024

Fear Not ChatGPT

Why only humans can judge writing contests (and stories)

Jun 17, 2024

Fear Not ChatGPT

Jun 17, 2024

Re-tell Me a Story: Collecting Writing Feedback You Can Use

Like all serious authors, you know the importance of accurate, actionable feedback. Here’s the problem: asking for comments — the standard…

Jun 10, 2024

Re-tell Me a Story: Collecting Writing Feedback You Can Use

Jun 10, 2024

Tired of walking away from writing contests empty-handed?

We understand your frustration. Bardsy Anthology Contests focus on more than winning for exactly this reason. Not every submission will be…

May 21, 2024

Tired of walking away from writing contests empty-handed?

May 21, 2024

How to Hook Your Readers (and Keep Them) via Commonality

No matter what stage you’re at in the novel writing process, keeping your long-term goal(s) in mind is crucial, whether you seek fame…

May 14, 2024

How to Hook Your Readers (and Keep Them) via Commonality

May 14, 2024

How to Prototype Your Novel and Ensure Coherence via Short Stories

Looking for a fix (or preventative) for lost plot threads, convoluted conflicts, and extraneous events in your novel-in-progress? What…

May 9, 2024

How to Prototype Your Novel and Ensure Coherence via Short Stories

May 9, 2024

Stories, Sweat, and Tears: 6 Tips for Writers Dealing With Rejection

Any career author will tell you that rejection is a rite of passage as an author. If you’re brave enough to submit your work to contests…

Apr 22, 2024

Stories, Sweat, and Tears: 6 Tips for Writers Dealing With Rejection

Apr 22, 2024

Determine the Next Step in Your Writing

As writers, we often hear that the most important thing we can do is continue putting one foot in front of the other (or one word after…

Apr 5, 2024

Determine the Next Step in Your Writing

Apr 5, 2024

Sell Your Novel Using Amazon’s ‘Read Sample’ Feature

Make sure your first chapter leaves readers eager to buy.

Feb 29, 2024

Sell Your Novel Using Amazon’s ‘Read Sample’ Feature

Feb 29, 2024

Story Development: Take This Next Critical Step

If it took but a singular idea to craft a story, we’d all be prolific authors. Rather, most good stories are crafted from a number of…

Feb 14, 2024

Story Development: Take This Next Critical Step

Feb 14, 2024

How to Engage Your Storytelling Instinct With Bardsy’s Minimum Complete Story

Producing a publishable novel requires more than great writing; it demands you, as a committed author, orchestrate every piece into a…

Feb 5, 2024

How to Engage Your Storytelling Instinct With Bardsy’s Minimum Complete Story

Feb 5, 2024

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Writing Conferences: Worth Every Penny or a Wasted Weekend?

Avoid post writing conference regret by answering these questions before committing.

Jan 20, 2024

Writing Conferences: Worth Every Penny or a Wasted Weekend?

Jan 20, 2024

Keep Your 2024 Writing Resolution with a Free Success Plan

What’s your writing resolution for 2024?

Jan 11, 2024

Keep Your 2024 Writing Resolution with a Free Success Plan

Jan 11, 2024

Effectively Using Beta Readers in 2024

Reaching your novel’s finish line calls for celebration. You’ve put in the work; created a new world, fascinating characters, and more…

Dec 28, 2023

Effectively Using Beta Readers in 2024

Dec 28, 2023

Write an Author Bio That Gets You Noticed

Who are you? To millions of readers, you’re a perfect stranger. Truth be told, your identity is a big blank space.

Dec 19, 2023

Write an Author Bio That Gets You Noticed

Dec 19, 2023

Do I Need an Author Website if I’m Unpublished?

Do I really need an author website if I’m unpublished?

Dec 14, 2023

Do I Need an Author Website if I’m Unpublished?

Dec 14, 2023

Get the Most From Writing Feedback

There’s no denying that revision is the key to great writing, and to revise successfully — to make this version better than the last — you…

Dec 12, 2023

Get the Most From Writing Feedback

Dec 12, 2023

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