Working with another person on something as personal as writing can be incredibly difficult, mostly because you’re slowly learning to leave your ego at the door. Author and editor Robert Yehling shares the challenges and benefits of working with...

Young Adult author Janette Rallison discusses which topics work well when writing YA fiction. There’s a large market for YA, and there’s quite a bit of variety in the topics available. “Really any issue can be a young adult book as long as it pertains...

Working with another person on something as personal as writing can be incredibly difficult, mostly because you’re slowly learning to leave your ego at the door. Author and editor Robert Yehling shares the challenges and benefits of working with...

Writer and author Chrome Oxide has continued to hone his writing craft through both an informal and formal education. Reading a lot of short stories and novels over the years has allowed him to subconsciously absorb the elements and structure of storytelling...

Award-winning author William Heath believes that the mark of a good novelist is being able to write effectively about people that aren't you. That includes writing about the opposite gender, other ethnicities, or other generations. At the core of a...

Award-winning author William Heath believes that the mark of a good novelist is being able to write effectively about people that aren't you. That includes writing about the opposite gender, other ethnicities, or other generations. At the core of a...

Writer, producer, and TV host Herbie J Pilato believes the key to success in any career is to truly live your life. This is especially important for writers, because so much of what you write is your life – many writers “write what they know,” so ignoring...

By definition, a prologue is a preface or introduction to a literary work. But before you include a prologue in your book, you should ask yourself, “Is it really necessary? Does it add to the readers’ enjoyment of the book?” The cold, hard fact of...

The voracious television and cable television markets are the primary market today for novels and nonfiction books seeking adaptation to the screen. With the proliferation of channels in the past ten years, competition for stories is fierce but also...

Author and screenwriter Neo Edmund discusses common clichés and character flaws in comics, and how a writer can avoid them. In the 80s, female characters needed to be almost everything that boys find cool. “You don’t start with the idea of ‘I’m writing...