Some people don't understand that the editor's job often takes the same kind of artistic touch that the writer uses.

One day Barry Bogardus picked up a broken marble someone left lying on the street, went round the corner to West End and put it up against the curbstone. "A hundred if you hit it!

Learn what to do after your book is written. The publishing process explained.

Writing a novel is one thing. But seeing it through to reaching a lusted after spot on the New York Times Bestseller list is something else entirely. Here's how.

If you are looking at writing an Ebook, then you should look at this as an area where you can make your own creativity. You will be able to speak your own mind, express yourself and control what you want people to read.

Have you ever found yourself stuck in your writing like a child on a rocking horse? Rocking back and forth, writing and editing, and wondering why your story doesn't take you anywhere?

You want to write a book. You have a great idea for a story, yet when you sit down at your computer you stare blankly at the screen wondering why your story doesn’t come pouring out of your fingers.

One of the greatest deterrents to becoming published is improperly punctuation. The problem often lies with the overuse of exclamation points, and the employment of parenthetical expressions to provide backstory. Both can inhibit quality writing, and for some very sound reasons.

An understanding of Steinbeck, Faulkner, Hemingway, and Fitzgerald will provide a writer with a knowledge of four major categories inherent in exceptional prose. Each of these authors, respectively, offers a quintessential perspective on one of these elements.

Common wisdom dictates that if a grammatical "mistake" becomes common enough, it is no longer a mistake. Real-world usage aside, isn't it time for a bit of common sense?