There are many paths to success for authors beyond submitting your writing to publishers. Contests open the door to both publication and financial awards. Grants and fellowships provide financial support for your work, and residencies offer time to concentrate...

There is a burgeoning demand for short memoir and personal essays in literary magazines and anthologies. These publications range from nonpaying to significant compensation. In this webinar, award-winning author Jeanne Lyet Gassman examines the differences...

As you're putting the finishing touches on your manuscript, focus your attention on the overall presentation of your book. Front matter—the content of your manuscript preceding the main body text—is usually the first place a potential reader will look...

NONFICTION AUTHORS: You love to do research & have great ideas for nonfiction articles, but how do you get them traditionally published? You have written personal essays about your life. Is there a market for stories like these? What about a nonfiction...

In order to write a screenplay that will be read by the people who buy scripts, it is essential, carved in stone, that your screenplay follows the correct format – to the letter. There is no room for creativity or individuality as far as format is concerned...

Sitting in front of a screen and struggling to put even one word on it is a writer’s nightmare. You must cultivate your imagination to spur it on during writing sessions. To do this, it is important to find and identify the triggers that will infuse...