Can you suggest a way of building on an idea for a novel? I keep having ideas, but they're not in depth enough to write a whole story.

 In Jr. High, I took a great creative writing class. Every day, we were given a new topic to write about. I absolutely loved it, because I was allowed to open up my brain and write about anything that I... keep reading →

There is the rub - how to coax a novel out of an idea. There are probably as many methods as there are writers. Any method that produces a coherent story can be considered valid. Which way to go depends... keep reading →