Particularly during this modern trend of beginning stories in medias res (in the middle of things), a deep and full-bodied backstory is every whit as important as the story itself.

What your character does for a living, even if it doesn’t feature prominently in your story, will profoundly affect who he is and how he responds to the world around him.

If you are willing to stick with a story and resist the urge to let go when the going gets tough, you are likely to discover one of the most important traits of any artist: perseverance.

Tutorial for yWriter, the quintessential organizer for writers.

Cliches need not be dreaded bogeymen who haunt our work, but rather exciting and multi-faceted challenges that we can make work for us in many ways.

Pacing is like a dam. It allows the writer to control just how fast or how slow his plot flows through the riverbed of his story. Understanding how to operate that dam is one of the most important tasks an author has to learn.

Learn why the details of an author’s prose decide whether a story will be the entertainment of an hour or a lasting piece of literature.

Learn why readers connection with imperfection in characters, more than perfection.

How authors can encourage the growth of vocabulary and use it to enhance their writing.