What is memoir as a genre and memoir as a strategy? Senior Vice President of Editorial at Harper One Mickey Maudlin identifies the differences.
“So what? Why does memoir...
Today is November 1st, and do you know what that means?
We’re beginning NaNoWriMo!
If you’re not familiar with National November Writing Month, it’s a global...
We’ve all studied basic story structures in our high school English classes. And if you’re anything like me, you probably purged them from your memory. What will I ever need to...
In this edition of Tipster, we return to the 'why' of writing.
Why do you write? Or want to write?
Most writers are not full-time writing professionals. They are scientists who write. They are...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the narrative arc, the journey that you, as a writer, take your reader on.
Whether you're writing an article or a book, you begin in one place and take your reader to...
In this edition of Tipster, we discuss the minimum viable audience.
Only 1,000 True Fans
If you want to write, you want people to read what you write, right?
Melissa and I recently worked on a...
The Journey Sixty6 writing community is made up of writers at every stage of the writing life.
Some have never written much but have declared, "I want to write more. I want to add writing to my...
"How do I find a literary book agent?" is one of the most common questions of aspiring writers.
Literary agent Don Gates, founder of The Gates Group, has a few ideas. He says that he, like most...
You may never have considered how curiosity makes your writing memorable. If you haven't, are you curious to know how?
Recently, Dave and I chatted about curiosity. We both self-identify as...
Mornings and I mix as well as homework and the weekend. The two are simply incompatible.
That's why I rarely write in the morning (though, ironically, it's morning, and I'm writing...
In this edition of Tipster, our focus is on expanding your idea.
A Tweet. A Facebook post. A blog post. A TikTok video. News articles.
These are all types of short-form...
Some of you want to write fiction, others are writing memoirs. Still others are writing business books or other kinds of nonfiction books.
And others simply want to learn how to write better.
The...
