Rate Your Story Cooking Up Culture Contest Winners...Coming Soon!
Anyone who participated can grab your Participant Badge above! Winners will be announced in the June issue of the Rate Your Story...
Pre-Researching: The Key to Quickly Landing on Marketable NF Ideas
By Mary Boone I have a favorite running shirt that says: If it was easy, everyone would do it. True about marathoning – and true about...
Meet DIANA MURRAY, May Guest Guru
[From November 2020 - Pro Newsletter] RATE YOUR STORY: Welcome, Diana! As you are, notably, one who defies the idea that writing in rhyme...
Top Three Tips for Revision
by Rosie J. Pova Somewhere along my 16-year journey as a writer, I've learned to love revision. I've learned to embrace it and trust it...
Amalia Hoffman's Monsterpiece
by Amalia Hoffman My Monsterpiece by Amalia Hoffman Coming up March 2, 2021 Yeehoo Press My inspiration for My Monsterpiece was the many...
THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST OF BACKSTORY by Lauren Kerstein
Backstory is a tricky creature. While we need to know the backstory of our characters in order to write a resonant, enticing story, we...
Feedback Response Styles with RYS Judge and Author Katie Frawley
Part of being a writer is seeking out feedback on our work. That’s why we’re all here at Rate Your Story, right? We know how valuable...
BENEFITS OF JOINING A DEBUT GROUP
Tips from The Soaring '20s Debut Group The Soaring ‘20s is a group of authors and illustrators debuting picture books in 2020 (and in...
Sparking Girls’ Interest in STEM: Biographies of Women Scientists by Marta Magellan
Getting girls interested in STEM is becoming an important goal of educators and many parents. One of the best ways for parents and...
LESSONS LEARNED FROM READING AND WRITING HOLIDAY BOOKS by Lynne Marie
Even as a child, I collected Halloween and Christmas picture books, among them, THE WITCH stories by Norman Bridwell and CLEM THE CLUMSY...
