Here's an "AI-generated" piece of writing people are sharing online: "In the theater of the absurd called life, we are bo...

I’m about to give you a piece of advice I got from an agent at a SCBWI New Jersey workshop. The workshop and one-on-one critique with the a...

Shevi: Hi, YA! YA: (Continues to text on her phone, her face partially hidden behind her hair. She shrugs.) Shevi: We’re here to ...

Improv says you have to “commit 100%.” One of my rules of comedy is that you should, “take it as far as it will go. All the way up to t...

T is for Touch T is for touch. It’s the dull weight of A tiny tangerine In your hand. It’s the waxy Texture Of the skin, the ...

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...

Yes, a writer needs questions. You simply can't do without them.  But why?  Keep reading, and I’ll tell you. I once worked ...

Do you need an outline? The answer is...it depends.  Those who write outlines are called outliners (duh!), and those who don’t are ca...

The news can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it can make you more aware of what’s going on, which is good. For a fiction wri...

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 blog post is about the most important part of writing, the part that takes a mediocre first draft and turns it into something great. T...