A tip about squirreling away pieces of stories

A tip about seeing stories as places to learn (the first in a series of tips that come from the writing of “The Waking Prince”)

A tip about filling frustrating holes with a temporary word

A tip about inventing every joyous detail in a story

A tip about strengthening a story by reordering the story

A tip about putting a story away until you have almost forgotten it

A tip about building a rippling “imagination muscle”

A tip about describing the outside and the inside of an injured character

A tip about telling readers what the different sides stand for, before they go into battle

A tip about whether a dearly departed character should ever be brought back to life