Aside from writing itself, reading is the single most important element in a healthy writing life.

One morning you boot up your computer, glance through the manuscript file, and realize “This stinks!” Now what do you do?

Using “there” at the beginning of sentences and phrases is the lazy way out.

Ten writing resolutions that you can fulfill this year.

Ever since Edward Bulwer-Lytton slapped readers with his infamous “dark and stormy night” line, writers everywhere have been leery of misusing weather in their stories.

One of the most common bits of telling I run across is also one of the easiest to overlook.

Like vine-ripened tomatoes, stories require the slow nourishment of sunlight and warm imaginative soil to grow into rosy, juicy maturity.

Just as our stories are unique, so are our personalities and lifestyles – and, as a result, our working patterns.

I’m here to offer a shocking declaration: Description gets a bad rap.