“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.” With those simple words, E.B. White distilled what countless …

I’ve read manuscripts where the descriptions sang, the plots marched forward, yet the dialogue limped. Characters spoke like mannequins, stiff …

I love the smell of a library book. The musty paper, the ink softened by time, even the faint whiff …

“The wastebasket is a writer’s best friend.” With this simple truth, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Nobel Prize winner and master storyteller, …

The first time I heard Donald Miller say, “If you confuse, you lose,” it stopped me. I’ve spent decades working …

When I tell people the world’s earliest known author was a woman, I usually get raised eyebrows. The fact often …

“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.” George Orwell spoke these …

I’ve been around writers long enough to recognize the same quiet frustration settling across their faces when we talk about …

I keep a saltshaker on my table, like most people. It’s ordinary, nothing special. Yet hidden in those small grains …

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” Those words from Benjamin Franklin still carry weight, not because …

The rules for being discovered are changing, and not in the authors’ favor. For years, writers leaned on the quiet, …