The fiction writer designs a plot, characters, and detail in order to create an intended effect or meaning. The best a bot can do is scramble for pre-existing literary patterns and throw something together. Its “creativity” depends on the massive col ...

Internationally acclaimed ghostwriter and persuasive writing coach Joshua Lisec has ghostwritten more than 80 books.

To avoid distractions, I enlist a particular set of tools. Whatever your writing platform - Linux, MacOS, Windows, Android, or iOS - help is here.

I love Mark Twain’s line, “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” So here is a story of how I let a good story get in the way of the truth. My motto at the point when this story happened was facts didn’t matter, feelings did. I was youn ...

I launched my podcast Making It Up nearly three years ago with the goal of interviewing writers not for any particular work of theirs, but to talk to them about their lives.

Books will live on if we allow them to remain. We will need a tactile world to remind us that we are still here, that we can suffer and heal, make considered judgments, and love in a way that only biological beings can.

God’s Ghostwriters by Candida Moss aims to shine a light on the contributions to Christianity by imprisoned workers

Margaret Atwood and John Grisham tell powerful stories. Non-fiction writers can learn from them.

But sometimes it's worth sending a reader to the dictionary if the word fits the nuance of the writing.

When people first meet authors, they always ask the same question—how did you get started in this business? I’m a bit a rarity. Wrote my first novel at seventeen, sold it at twenty, hit the bestsel…

The thing that unites good writing and good drawing — authentic writing and authentic drawing — is the exploratory line.

From drafting manuscripts to tracking edits and creating book covers, I get the job done with the help of these indispensable - and free - apps.

The two pursuits have more in common than meets the eye

When it comes to co-authoring, what are some of the issues and complexities about writing a book with another author?

Classic books can be challenging reads, but with technology all around, it doesn't have to be. Whether it's using Google to search up unknown words or listening to audiobooks instead of reading, all are useful when it comes to the Classics.

When Putin attacked, the novelist switched his focus to journalism. Two years on, he talks about his new crime series, life in Kyiv, and fiction as an escape from reality

A few years ago, I set off on an adventure that would eventually leave me both alone and alone in the woods…for days on end.

Workplace writing cannot succeed with a one-size-fits-all approach. Yet most of us enter the workforce having learned exactly that: the essay. Why do we use this approach and how does it limit successful communication? An essay is the perfect writing ...

February is National Library Lovers Month in the USA. And February 14 is a very special day for lovers…of libraries! February 14 is Valentines Day, the day for lovers. But it is also a very special day for library lovers, too. And by that I don’t mea ...