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Brandon Sanderson is a world-renound, best selling fantasy, science-fiction, and YA author and professor at BYU. He is most known for his Mistborn series and The Stormlight Archive. Sanderson records the entirity of his creative writing class lectures and uploads them to YouTube for free.
Famous novelist and poet, Margaret Atwood, sits down with the National Centre for Writing and offers her top five writting tips. Click here to watch.
Alyssa Matesic is an independent developmental book editor who has intnerned with a big five publishing house. She has great commentary on the dos and don'ts of plotting as well as querying!
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Jerry Jenkins is a successful author who has written over 200 novels of all genres. His most well-known series is the Left Behind series. Jenkins records his insight and uploads it to his channel for free.
Watch this video as Alain de Botton, a British author and public speaker, on chanelling personal turmoil and pain into beautiful literature and wisdom.
Alexa Donne is a traditionally published YA author. She talks about the writing and publishing process on her channel in hopes of helping other authors find success and guiding them away from scams (everything The Indie Lantern stands for).
#1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, V.E. Schwab filmed an instagram live series during COVID titled "No Write Way." She would interview other New York Times bestselling authors, and then upload them onto her YouTube channel. It is built on the concept that there is not a right way to write.
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Savage Books does an excellent jobs breaking down the writing and plot development process, often using movie scenes, cips, and references to explain. He has written 5 fantasy books and is working on a 6th. He has worked as the Managing Editor and Executive Associate for a Best-Selling author.
Abbie Emmons coaches writers to how to make their stories matter by harnessing the power and psychology of storytelling, transforming their ideas into a masterpiece, and creating a lifestyle that makes their author dreams come true. Emmons is an Amazon best selling author!
Michelle Schusterman is the author of over a dozen novels published by Penguin Random House, Scholastic, and Little, Brown, as well as a freelance ghostwriter and a developmental editor. Check her out!
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ShaelinWrites dives deeps into writing and reading like no other! She is a fiction author and poet.
Jenna Moreci is an award-winning and #1 Amazon bestselling author. Her page, doused with humor and sarcasm, is also an author's best friend.
