William Skidelsky: Ebooks have reignited the question of what we're really paying publishers for – the physical product, or what's written inside?

To use Twitter effectively, think more about your audience than yourself

Some writers have always claimed they can hear their characters speaking, with Enid Blyton suggesting she could “watch and hear everything” and Alice Walker describing how her characters would “come for a visit ... and talk”. But a new study has shown this uncanny experience is very widespread, with almost two-thirds of authors reporting that they hear their characters’ voices while they work.

Writing is hard, but don’t overlook the difficulty — and the importance — of editing your own work before letting others see it. Here’s how.

7 tips to clean up your dirty first draft before you publish

A monthly family budget is your life preserver during tough times. Use these tips to get your family budget on track!

After the end of World War I, the collection writers and critics met at New York City’s Algonquin Hotel for a “10-year lunch” that epitomized the glamour and excitement of the decade.

How predictive-text technology could transform the future of the written word.

Write shorter. Much shorter.

A society dedicated to preserving the correct use of the apostrophe has shut down because "ignorance has won".  Retired journalist John Richards, 96, started the Apostrophe Protection Society in 2001 to make sure the “much-abused” punctuation mark was being used correctly. But Mr Richards has now announced: “With regret I have to announce that, after some 18 years, I have decided to close the Apostrophe Protection Society.

Don't let the hustle and bustle of the approaching holiday season affect your writing productivity—here are 4 ways to stay focused on your book!

No matter your medium, writing is a learned skill that doesn’t come naturally to everyone. Moreover, writing well is hard work and, unfortunately, there are no simple shortcuts to becoming a wordsmith overnight.

A simple and highly effective way to up your game

What was your first Big Yes? I was first introduced to this question by the writer Swati Khurana in 2015. When I think of the first Big Yes, I think of the moment that marks the first big shift...

Writer and editor Brandy Jensen on giving yourself the space to be creative, and the difficulty of understanding yourself in the present.

I left my job at the New York Post with no backup plan and no real prospects.

Looking for ways to get honest feedback on your writing? Read this post to learn about five shrewd ways to receive honest feedback about your writing.

A boat, like a piece of writing, is first of all conceived as a structure. Whether it is a cargo ship, an ocean liner, a ferry, or a pleasure boat, each has a primary function, a part to play. Its purpose defines its size, its shape, and its overall dimensions. When I write, I proceed in the same manner. Each part, each chapter, has its own function. Just as the engine powers the boat, as the bow cleaves through the waves, and the keel ensures the stability, even the shortest paragraph fulfils a certain purpose. In my case, the engineer endows the writer with a desire for efficiency.

When scientists and others use their specialized jargon terms while communicating with the general public, the effects are much worse than just making what they’re saying hard to understand. In a new study, people exposed to jargon when reading about subjects like self-driving cars and surgical robots later said they were less interested in science than others who read about the same topics, but without the use of specialized terms.

Use this simple 5-part structure to publish more often