When most teachers introduce a new writing project, students usually respond with groans, moans, or a sudden stomachache that needs an immediate trip to the nurse’s office. It is critical to ...

This week’s excuse for not making more progress on my book or anyone else’s is that I have my first cold in two years, and staring at words makes my headache worse—which has not prevented me from ...

At one time or another, most of us have an occasion to write to others, if it be to thank, complain — or just to send greetings. Here are some tips that may be helpful to you. 1. Consider a refreshing ...

In our digital age, where keyboards and screens dominate our lives, the simple act of writing with pen and paper has become something of a lost art. Yet research increasingly shows that this ...

Now, here’s my argument: Writing matters not because we compose new ideas, but because we begin to see old ones in a new light. During our first class, my creative writing professor told us, “To write ...

Every time I give a talk, do an event, or speak at a writers’ conference, this one of the first questions. It’s right up there with, “Do you think a talented person can make a living as a writer?” (No ...