The Artist Life

How Andy Weir’s The Martian went from a free eBook to a major motion picture.

Dickens sat out to write something totally different than what we have today and we are all grateful that he changed his mind.

When Brandon Stanton left his job as a day trader, he came to New York with one goal in mind: find something to make just enough money to…

The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink, National Lampoon’s Vacation: these movies defined a decade. They were some of…

Erica Mitchell (known by her pen name E. L. James) was a fiction fan before she was famous for her fiction.

The hardest part about writing in the world today is the constant availability of distractions.

How Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest uses feedback to make better art.

Brian Koppelman and David Levien didn’t grow up with a love for poker, yet they had a breakout success with the movie Rounders. Koppelman…

David McCullough is one of the best known writers of history today but he didn’t intend to be a historian at the outset of his career.

Followers, likes, comments, impressions, “reach” . . . these are all tempting measures of success when trying to grown an audience.

Where do musicians come up with their lyrics? Where does any artist get her ideas?

By 2007, Michael Bublé’s hit song “Everything” along with a half dozen of his other songs were played at countless weddings everywhere…

Do we make art for ourselves or our audience?

Rick Riordan’s Advice for Writers

Whether you are a comedian or professional speaker or even a writer or a illustrator, it can be difficult to create something that people…