Last week, I talked about false beliefs, how they create character change and growth. As a character in fiction or memoir faces the limitati...

Character in fiction and memoir is built on certain convoluted pathways. Because tension and conflict drive story, these pathways are often ...

I read The Art of Time in Fiction by Joan Silbers many years ago, when I briefly stalled out with the then novel-in-progress. Normally, I co...

Most writers know about free writing. It can literally "free" the random word associations inside your linear brain. Some use it a...

I subscribe to quite a few writing newsletters and blogs by writers I admire. One is George Saunders who writes a Substack newsletter called...

Learning the craft of writing is obviously essential in the long journey to get a book published. But learning the art of receiving feedback...

I've been writing and publishing for decades, and for just as long, I've been considering, thinking about, and searching for my own ...

I first came across the Fifty Moves list in an online class I attended for writers of flash fiction. It's a resource created by Elissa G...

Sometimes I come to my writing with a lot of emotion--from my reactions to life events, the world, my own self. Maybe you've experienced...

From coaching hundreds of writers over the years, I've learned that writing isn't an easy gift to an overcrowded life. Sure, writing...