Did you know that George RR Martin, the mastermind behind the epic “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, often writes multiple chapters for each character consecutively? This non-linear approach helps him ...

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I often find that putting dialogue onto the page for your characters is one of them ore challenging aspects of all writing.

It’s easier than ever to find someone to comment on your work. But whether you participate in an online critique group, meet up in person, post excerpts on Wattpad, or have a writing partner, getting ...

How do you write an article, book, short story or poem that’s a pleasure to read? It’s a daunting challenge, and school is generally poor preparation for it. Teachers and professors have to slog ...

From 10-word social media posts to 100-word emails to 1,000-word blogs, sloppy writing reflects a disorganized mind. Any warning signs of disorganization will send prospective clients running — and ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second column in a new series, “Are You Writing?” Part 1 is here. I have heard many irritating suggestions on scholarly productivity in my time, but none get my blood aboil ...

All advice is suspect. I'm not suggesting you break all the so-called rules of creativity you've collected. Only that every tip can be counteracted with its opposite. And some advice is just plain bad ...

If you open up a Twitter thread or an advice column for graduate writing, you’ll probably see advice such as “Just write.” “You can’t edit a blank page.” “Put words on paper—even if they’re terrible, ...

“A writer,” Saul Bellow once observed, “is a reader moved to emulation.” But what if it’s also the other way around? What if, when we think about writing, we are actually teaching ourselves how to ...