Clear business writing reduces errors and misunderstanding. Here is how to use plain language strategies to save your business money.

Every blogger can write. But very few can write really well. That’s OK. What it takes to be a great blogger is some knowledge, clarity of thought, and a little practice.

Creativity and productivity are two concepts that are not easy to combine. After all, we think of productivity as something dull, consistent, and stodgy, while creative people are thought to be free-spirited and hard to control. However, by applying principles that allow you to explore your team’s creative talents while focusing on getting things done, you can enjoy a high rate of productivity with creative end results that work.

In “Read Until You Understand,” Farah Jasmine Griffin explores how books have served as instruction manuals to guide her through difficulty and triumph.

Authors can certainly be the victims of bad luck, lousy publicists, poor timing, tough competition, a crappy publisher, or a change in the marketplace. But most often, they sabotage themselves or they fail to overcome challenges and setbacks.

The bride has just asked you to be the maid of honor and, oh, by the way, would you like to give a speech? No worries – you got this. Here are four examples of successful maid of honor speeches we have written for real weddings.

One of the most frequent things I find myself writing on students' manuscripts is "Who says this?" I did a big post on writing dialogue a couple of years ago, so this is a round-up of solutions to this specific problem of making sure the reader knows which character says what.

OpenAI’s GPT-3 and other neural nets can now write original prose with mind-boggling fluency — a development that could have profound implications for the future.

This is the first children’s book I have written and illustrated, titled Amelia the Chameleon. Read about the journey from concept to print.

Find out how listicles can help you transform your marketing. This guide is packed full of facts, examples, and actionable steps to create the perfect list.

The PEN World Voices Festival will bring together hundreds of writers, among them Abdulrazak Gurnah, Alejandro Zambra and Gary Shteyngart, and will include an address by Andrey Kurkov, a Ukrainian novelist.

We all know how important it is to build fully-fleshed characters by digging at their core. Exposing their attributes, flaws, morals, emotional wounds and fears that revolve around their basic human needs will influence their goals and desires within the story.

Exploring the daily writing routines of famous authors throughout history. We look at Dean Koontz's writing routine, daily habits and work rituals.

“I always stop midsentence because when I come back the next day, I'm always fighting it. But I can finish a sentence.”

Young writers accepted into first year of a post-secondary writing-related program can now apply for the THGM MUSE Scholarship. The scholarship awards $630 to one high school senior based on a short story written in prose or in script.

If you sell a service, you know that reputation is everything. Potential clients need to see you as credible, knowledgeable, and trustworthy. There are many ways to build that reputation, and few compare to marketing with a book.

Let’s see what benefits they bring to professionals engaged in writing and look at ways that a checklist can improve your work.

Fear of professional exile has kept Sarah Hepola from taking on certain topics. What gets lost when a writer mutes herself?

A video script contains all the spoken words and instructions needed to create the video. It’s like a screenplay, but usually much, much simpler, and much shorter.

For some audiences—particularly top business execs—written content is indispensable in researching important decisions. Here’s how PR pros are thinking about their skill sets.