Archive - The Plot Doctor by Donna Freitas

ZOOM Writers Support Group starts this Tuesday! Last chance to join. Zoom link below.

Every other week starting TUES, JANUARY 28TH, 12 noon, Eastern time.

Jan 24 •

This Spring: ZOOM Writers Support Group! Details in full. Zoom link below.

STARTING TUES, JANUARY 28TH. You can be writing anything want: academic tome, nonfiction masterpiece, fiction. The only thing you need to be doing is…

Jan 19 •

Big Changes for 2025 on the Plot Doctor

Happy new year everyone!

Jan 5 •

December 2024

Culling Bookshelves for a Move (or in General)

What to keep and what not and why/when physical books are important to hold onto. (Because some of us, like me, are completely made of books!)

Dec 8, 2024 •

Almost Back from the Dead!

After leaving Brooklyn for good . . .

Dec 2, 2024 •

September 2024

"The best thing you can do is be nice, get to know a small-ish group of writers well, and make real friends with them."

Donna Freitas, author of over 25 books (!), opens up on Second Chapter about how she moved from academia to being a full-time writer.

Published on Second Chapter • Sep 12, 2024

August 2024

A Writer Without Children

Recipe for a happy life.

Aug 21, 2024 •

I’m dating Glen Powell! (on the page)

How to have fun writing a love interest.

Aug 7, 2024 •

July 2024

If you loved RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE and "Emily in Paris," then you'll *love* STEFI AND THE SPANISH PRINCE!

And other read-alikes for STEFI!

Jul 16, 2024 •

My Favorite Summer Vacation Reads!

Books you can't put town and for when you really need to escape (and swoon!).

Jul 12, 2024 •

June 2024

Are you writing a YA (Young Adult) Novel or a Novel for Adults? How to tell the difference (Part 1).

Plus: “blow jobs on p. 2,” Sally Rooney as YA novelist(?!), and a secret about my first adult novel, THE NINE LIVES OF ROSE NAPOLITANO.

Jun 27, 2024 •

Hello again, Trying to do FOUR things at once, Instagram that Beast, and Barcelona.

It’s been a while . . .

Jun 20, 2024 •

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