I'm not a pantser, but if you are, here's a tip from an extreme outliner to help you figure out how to end your story. (By the way, ...

From an "ugly" stepsister's perspective I suspect the most widely known rule when it comes to writing an article is that ...

As many writers will tell you, the first rule of being a good writer is to read, and read, and read some more. But I like to think it...

Picture a scene. Harry Potter is playing Quidditch with his friends as the sun begins to set. The young wizards zoom and loop through the s...

Sometimes I have ideas for books in genres I don’t read. For example, I read fantasy, science fiction, and all kinds of humor and comedy. I...

It only takes two words to inspire an infinite number of story ideas.  “Where do stories come from?” It’s the question writers get aske...

This is my favorite Passover story, one about a real miracle that happened in my mother's family when she was just a girl. I hope you l...

If you have an idea for a character but don't know what to do with it, here are three easy steps that will help you create a great story...

Purim is my favorite holiday. I love the costumes, reading the story of how Esther and Mordechai saved the Jewish people, the joy and n...

There’s an odd similarity between the earliest story told about the great-grandmother I’m named after and the earliest story my parents use...

My mother, Tova Hacohen Wachtfogel, at age 72 during a visit to the United States for my son's bar mitzvah A few weeks before my ...