Writing on the Wall

by Annette Lyon I heard an author once say they were just too busy to read anymore. Those pesky writing and publishing things just took too ...

By Josi S. Kilpack In non-fiction, a chapter is easily divided from the rest of the book. It usually centers on one idea, one segment of...

By Heather Moore Have you ever been told that your character’s dialogue sounds stilted, formal, or unnatural? One easy way to prevent this i...

by Annette Lyon One of the most common problems I see in beginning writers' work is that the story is reported factually. "He said ...

By Julie Wright Last night I was up pretty late filling out a writer application. It felt like I was applying to go to Harvard (Not that I...

by Heather Moore Once you've published a novel, one of the most common questions you'll receive is, "How do you find the time?...

by Annette Lyon Below are five sentences missing the punctuation marks that add pauses in the sentence. (They do other things as well, of co...