writers

I've just created a new LJ community called WritingFirst for writers (new and veteran). Stop on by and take a look.

There is a lot of advice out there for writers who can’t seem to finish their stories. You can buy books by the dozen on “How to Write a Novel...

This is a story about one writer's emotional journey(s) through the writing process. All names have been changed to protect the author, and no editors have been harmed in the...

Unlike some writers, I can't just sit down and write. I have to organize myself. It actually helps me to have a routine, makes me more productive. When I prepare...

Over the years, I've learned a lot about writing (the craft) from other authors, and simply by doing it. But writing is the only part of the job that an...

Note: I usually don't subscribe to this conceit, but for the purposes of this post, let's use these definitions for writers and authors. (Usually I use the terms authors and...

In the publishing industry, time is money. This is true for editors, agents, and writers. Especially authors who have no day job and write full time. Every moment they are...

Over the past few years, I have heard many a war story from other professional writers about their interactions with the non-writing and the want-to-be-writing crowds. They get asked everything...

Some people believe that a character who talks to herself would be perceived as crazy (never mind that actors talk to themselves all the time). I’ve been told that at...

Words make sentences. Sentences make paragraphs. Paragraphs make stories. Everything you write is a story, from the business letter to your colleague to the essay for your English Lit class...