by Renee Fountain | Jun 29, 2025 | Blog
During a critique I asked the writer: What’s at stake for your protagonist? What can’t they walk away from without devastating consequences? Their answer: revenge. Writers love revenge. It’s clean. It’s urgent. It’s fun to write. Someone did something awful, and now...
by Renee Fountain | Jun 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Fiction authors don’t need a platform—until they do. You’ve heard it before: Fiction writers don’t need a platform. It’s repeated constantly. You’re told: Craft is king. Story is everything. Platform is for non-fiction authors. This advice...
by Renee Fountain | Jun 4, 2025 | Blog
Most writers obsess over having the perfect hook. Whether it’s a killer first line, or premise that immediately sucks the reader in. A solid hook is great, but if there’s no story behind it, you won’t keep the reader engaged for long. You’ve probably heard agent...
by Renee Fountain | Jun 4, 2025 | Blog
There’s a persistent misconception in the writing community that literary agents who participate in conferences, pitch events, and workshops are somehow running a scam. That the presence of agents at these events is “shady” and the events themselves are...
by Renee Fountain | Jun 4, 2025 | Blog
The cursor blinks. And blinks. And blinks. Every writer knows the moment: fingers hovering over the keyboard, mind racing with ideas, yet somehow frozen in place. You might think this is where I tell you the blank page is a writer’s greatest fear. But I don’t...
