Looking for some great advice from published authors? Look no further! I’ve created a collection of blog posts, worksheets, videos, and more straight from some top authors in today’s YA writing industry. Information & bios of the authors are taken from their website which you’ll find linked to their name!

  • Tomi Adeyemi is a Nigerian-American writer and creative writing coach based in San Diego, California. Her 2018 debut, Children of Blood and Bone, is a West African YA Fantasy and NYT bestselling novel.
    → Join her newsletter to receive access to writing tips, worksheets, and other resources. ←
  • Juliana Brandt is a fiction writer–mostly of Middle Grade Fantasy. She has two great documents on her blog to help with plotting a story! Find her revised beat sheet here and a great post on plotting here which includes an in-depth downloadable document in the post complete with an example!
    → Follow her on Twitter for more writing inspiration! ←
  • Ellen Brock is a professional, freelance editor who started in the industry with with Musa Publishing in 2011, and now works on her own as an editor, writing coach, and plot consultant.
    → Find her writing advice on her YouTube channel! ←
  • Kim Chance is a high school English teacher, a YouTuber who has a passion for helping other writers where she posts weekly writing videos, and the YA Author of KEEPER & SEEKER  from Flux Books. R
    → Find her writing resources & links to her videos here. ←
  • Lindsey Cummings was born and raised in North Texas, and at 19, had her first series, THE MURDER COMPLEX, published by HarperCollins Publishers.  At 20, Lindsay’s second series, THE BALANCE KEEPERS, was published through HarperCollins. Now, at 26, Lindsay is a #1 New York Times Bestselling co-author of ZENITH: THE ANDROMA SAGA, with youtuber Sasha Alsberg. She also does freelance editing for fellow writers with her company, AUTHOR CRASH COURSE, and helps with the book subscription box company, SCRIBBLER.
    → Find all of her writing advice vlogs on YouTube! ←
  • Susan Dennard  is the author of the Something Strange and Deadly series as well as the New York Times bestselling books Truthwitch and Windwitch.
     → Find all of her writing resources here! ←
  • Robin LaFevers is a YA writer of the best-selling His Fair Assassin trilogy. She writes under R.L. Lafevers for middle grade where she has published the Theodosia and Beastology books. She states she is “a proud Writing Craft Junkie and love to talk about writing and writing processes. In fact, I collect them like some people collect ceramic figurines”
    → You can find her articles on writing craft here where you can search by topic as well as more on writing here and here. ←
  • Vivien Reis is a writer who loves to help other writer and author of the YA fantasy, The Elysian Prophecy.
    → Find her writing tips on her website & YouTube!  ←