Shelly Lowenkopf talks about the importance of the author staying out of his own story and letting the characters POV take over when writing a novel.

Shelly Lowenkopf talks about how to use power, and your character’s agendas, when writing a scene in a novel.

Shelly Lowenkopf, Nationally Renowned Book Editor, talks about how to use important details when writing fiction.

Nationally renowned book editor Shelly Lowenkopf and literary agent Toni Lopopolo talk about legacy publishers verses small indie presses.

Shelly Lowenkopf, Nationally Renowned Book Editor, tells fiction writers how to get your readers to care about your characters.

“The more you know about your characters, the more they will speak for you instead of you speaking for them.” –Shelly Lowenkopf, Nationally Renowned Book Editor

Author and editor Shelly Lowenkopf spoke to the Screenwriters Association of Santa Barbara in February 2012. He used examples from literature to explain how characters in modern day stories need to be multidimensional.

“How to Unfriend Your Characters” with Shelly Lowenkopf from Ninety Degrees Media on Vimeo.

Shelly Lowenkopf, author of The Fiction Writer’s Handbook, encourages writers to take the reader where the reader does not want to go.

Literary Agent Toni Lopopolo suggests that learning acting techniques can assist in character development. Book editor Shelly Lowenkopf talks about setting your own self aside in order to become your character.

Literary Agent Toni Lopopolo reads an excerpt from Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell as an example of good narrative voice in a novel. Book editor Shelly Lowenkopf talks about how narrative comes from the character, not the author. In other words, “Stay the f* out of your own novel.”