Writers On Writing

7 Reasons to Find Writing Pals

In my favorite book on writing, The Triggering Town, Richard Hugo suggests, “When you are writing, glance…

How to Get to Your Desk and Stay There

We’ve compiled advice from authors on keeping your butt in your seat, and pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard, as it may be). Sometimes the final draft feels really far away (especially if you’re writing a novel), and that makes keeping motivated hard. When you…

Rattlesnakes, Twitter, and You: An Amateur’s Guide to Social Media

Elements of Strong Voice

People say you should write how you talk. When they say this, they mean something like: it would be unnatural for…

Conquer Writing Fears (with a Little Help)

Fear keeps us safe. That’s what evolutionary biology tells us. Fear once used to…

5 Memoir Writing Rules That May Be Holding You Back — and How to Move Beyond Them

1. Only people who…

Describing Place — A Short Lesson

Describing place is a great entry point for enhancing description, because it represents that…