Writing on the Wall

A popular post from April 2008 by Annette Lyon There are moments when a writer feels blocked. No words come. The story stalls. You'r...

A popular post from February 2008 by Annette Lyon When an artist draws a picture, he begins with basic sketches: the general shapes of t...

A popular post from February 2008 by Annette Lyon I've discussed elements in Vogler's book The Writer's Journey , which is a...

A popular post from January 2014 by Annette Lyon Last month, as I have for well over a decade, I attended another Christmas dance recita...

A popular post from March 2009 by Annette Lyon You've likely heard the debate between two basic camps of writers: those who swear by...

A popular post from August 2009 By Heather Moore When I meet writers who are looking to get published, they often ask me how I decide wh...

A popular post from October 2008 by Annette Lyon About writing a good story, Lewis Carroll reportedly said something like: "Begin...

A popular post from October 2008 by Annette Lyon Reader question: I've been having the same problem for a long time. Whenever I wr...

A popular post from October 2009 by Annette Lyon I know of writers who claim there is no such thing as writer's block. In a sense,...

A popular post from December 2009 by Annette Lyon 'Tis the season for many a writer to query and submit. Many reasons about fo...

A popular post from January 2010 by Annette Lyon Yes, I know you love your characters and that they're real to you, but we don...

A popular post from June 2010 I stumbled across this fantastic vlog made by Joanna Penn , writer, speaker, and aspiring novelist, as she c...

A popular post from March 2011 by Annette Lyon One part of writing that I love is when I'm really in the groove and the story simp...

A popular post from 2011 by Annette Lyon Throughout your story, time will pass. Story time, that is. (Even more time will pass as you ...

A popular post from February 2011 by Annette Lyon Recently on a forum, I saw a question from a struggling writer that amounted to, ...

By Julie Wright A friend of mine, Matthew Buckley , posed a thought to a writing group we belong to. When you carve something, you are basic...

by Heather Moore News Flash: Registration is open for the 2009 Storymaker Conference. This fall I attended the League of Utah Writers confer...

by Annette Lyon Everybody has one. Whether it's the voice of that high school English teacher (a pox on her) who said you couldn't s...

by Annette Lyon First off, a caveat: What I'm about to talk about is something you shouldn't worry about until you reach the revisio...

by Annette Lyon People often ask about how I write, what tools I use, so I thought I'd blog about it here. My AlphaSmart NEO is a lifesa...