Sometimes one of the hardest things to do is actually write. If you’re feeling stuck or you’re in need of a jump start, here are a few of our favorite writing exercises to get you going.

As writers, it’s practically our job description to come up with ideas. But how do we know which ideas belong in the story and which ones should be put to the side? Read more for techniques to evaluate which ideas should stay.

Tips on how to use curiosity about your own work to stoke inspiration. Delve into the power of “what if,” changing point of view, inversions, and other techniques to help you see your work in a new light.

One of the primary rules of telling a story is that the story must move. In this post, we’ll be chatting about two techniques from Shawn Coyne’s work The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know that you can use to get a new perspective on your manuscript and ensure that each scene shows a clear change.

If you want to start writing but don’t know where or how to begin, here is a list of ideas you can use to get started right here and now.

Whether you've written one hundred stories or one haiku, this list will give you tools designed to help you push past opening line jitters and page fright. Each book needs to be written its own way, which means you might need to try something new to start your new manuscript.