Books every fiction writer should own. — Are you ready to build your writing career? Download your free Editorial Plan Worksheet here. Generally, writers are readers. Not always, of course. I own a writing school and it’s pretty surprising to me how often I’m asked whether reading is really essential to writing. Either that, or I’m told…

In the winter of 1948, Jack Kerouac went on his famous cross-country road trip with Neal Cassady. They visited old friends, all-night cafes, broken down bars and forgotten towns. They acquired food, money and gas by whatever means possible and arrived in San Francisco in 1949 broke and exhausted. Reflecting…

It’s a flexible plain text framework and I love it — Confession: 2 years ago I drafted my biggest earning Medium story directly into the online interface. I know! Living dangerously, or what!! Since those naïve, reckless, fate-tempting days, I’ve tried writing in — Scrivener: So many boxes to put everything! So many features! …

Learn the stages of professional editing that you can use to turn your draft into a completed book — I work as an editor and judge for several publications and international competitions. But when I talk to other writers about editing their work, a lot of them don’t know where to start or how best to do it. No one ever showed them how to properly conduct a line…

Learn the stages of professional editing that you can use to turn your draft into a completed book — I work as an editor and judge for several publications and international competitions. But when I talk to other writers about editing their work, a lot of them don’t know where to start or how best to do it. No one ever showed them how to properly conduct a line…

Amazing writers have left us little bread crumbs, showing us the way. Let’s see what we can learn from them today. — 1. Read, damnit. “Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the…

Commit to just 15 minutes of class per day — “Learn continually. There’s always one more thing to learn.” — Steve Jobs Learning will increase your knowledge, and one of the most popular learning resources available today is the internet. The internet wields tremendous power capable of converting any room into a classroom. …