Though I have had to stop teaching due to my health, I'm happy to help anyone who might be...

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I was once asked, "What's the most important advice you can give to a new writer?" I was...

Too many of us somewhere in our upbringing developed a nasty habit of judging/dismissing thoughts...

When it gets down to the sentence level, try the following:See how many words you can remove...

It will happen to all of you. While writing, you will lose your way, lose your confidence, lose...

You are going to have doubts. Lots and lots of doubts. This comes with the territory. Writing a...

Keep in mind that your task is to write a fascinating character. Fascinating in fiction is one...

Those of you who follow my notes, lectures, and courses know I’m a huge advocate for visualizing...

Every now and then, you'll hear aspiring writers say they have to drive to Topeka, have a doctor...

For those of you who are nervous about creating scenes and getting them on paper with absolutely...

While you are banging out a first draft you will be tempted to include specific dates, events...

  Multitasking and prepackaging is the bane of most new novelist's efforts to write a novel. This...

I subscribe to the theory that novelists are simply craftsmen. They are neither anointed nor born...

Sit down and make three lists. Edit nothing. Write down everything that comes to mind. Don't...

As writers, we need to remind ourselves that we are in a world populated by people who love the...

I'm only posting this because I just spent more than an hour looking for the perfect name for...

Nothing says you are over forty like putting two spaces at the end of a sentence.

You can enhance the sense of conflict and confrontation in your fiction by avoiding scenes with...

The word most often misused by new novelists is "suspense." Somewhere along the line, many of...