One of my long-time students asked a great question this week:  how does a writer develop voice?  Voice is the elusive uniqueness that co...

Boston's legendary Cecelia chorus performs only a few times a year.  Their concerts are well worth the time.  Recently I heard them i...

In 1967, Andy Rose started working as a fifth-grade teacher in the impoverished Lower East Side of Manhattan. The children in his classe...

Author Claire Dederer came to book-writing after being a journalist for about twenty years, working as a reporter, critic, and essayist....

We all have war stories from bad feedback.  If you've been writing and attending conferences or classes for more than a few years,...

Storyboards are a fast and easy template to check the strength of a book's structure.  More and more writers use them.  I hear about f...

Guest Post by   Memoirist and Singer/ Songwriter Elisa Korenne Elisa Korenne entered the creative-writing world as a songwriter. ...

Nicki, a blog reader from South Carolina, is putting together a website for her book.  She wondered about great author websites or tips...

    A writing rule I wish I knew when I started out:  to create tension in your scenes, two or more elements of power must be combine...

Emotions reveal us, but we don't often reveal our emotions.  Players on your page are the same.  They show us who they are via move...