
Writers, The Time is Now
I know writers who have struggled for decades to complete their first novel. They work on their novel for a while, then
Tension can arise from anywhere — in a simple conversation, a family dinner, a job interview, or even with a...
Have you ever read a book and come across a word you’d never heard or seen before? At first, you...
Fourth person point of view is a unique and rarely used perspective in stories. First person gives us “I.” Second...
A character’s introduction is one of the most important parts of your story. Done well, your reader can make a...
Learning how to write a fight scene isn’t really about choreography. It’s about tension and what’s truly at stake for...
There is no “correct” approach to point of view in literature. Your sole consideration is how you want your reader...
All writing carries something of the writer within it, but few forms are as intimate as the stories we tell...
There’s rhythm in prose. The rhythm might be intentionally terse, like a Charles Bukowski novel, or dense and languid like...
“No one is free until we are all free.”– Martin Luther King Jr. It is human nature to search for...
Every writer has their own way of working, a process that has to be developed and honed over many years....
I was a half decent 800-meter runner in high school, not great, but I ran with a lot of heart,...
Write what you know. We’ve heard this so often. But what does it mean? Does it mean that if I...

I know writers who have struggled for decades to complete their first novel. They work on their novel for a while, then
I know writers who have struggled for decades to complete their first novel. They work on their novel for a...