Randall Wallace, the amazingly talented director, writer, and producer of many movies, including Braveheart, has certainly had his share of success—but handling success can be its battle. Wallace shares how he confronts the pressure to succeed in writing...

Author Derrick Garland Coy explains how he approached researching his memoir. His path offers great ideas for getting started with such research, including what to look for, who to speak with, and where to find information. If you are writing a memoir...

Author David Corbett discusses how moments of unbridled emotion can really define a character or introduce a turning point in your story. He offers the same advice that he gives to his writing students: Look for moments when your character can say...

Rewriting is what distinguishes amateurs from professionals. It’s what brings your work to life. When you write a rough draft, you may pour yourself into it, but the rough draft is really just for getting the story down; the key to making it great is...

Endorsements can be obtained from many sources, including other authors, editors, agents, magazines, professional reviewers, writing and reading bloggers --almost anyone. Many authors ask other authors for a blurb. The blurb, or positive review, can...

One thing that is very important for authors to understand about Hollywood is that Hollywood does not read books. Of course, there are many individual people in Hollywood who read, but as a rule, when it comes to deciding which projects to produce, Hollywood...

In the days of the dinosaurs before man stood upright there existed a publishing system that moaned and groaned with an inconsistency that not only hindered many would-be authors but hemorrhaged money with almost every project it produced. Before there...

Public relations can be either a blessing or a nightmare, depending on how they are handled. When is the right time to hire a PR firm? Most PR experts agree that you should not to seek a PR firm when you’ve just begun to market your book. Rather, get...