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After a long, close association with comics, superhero fiction is enjoying a literary heyday. So if you’re planning to write a s...

I hate The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. The way the book is written is deeply, deeply flawed and insanely egotistical. The main id...

The hero’s journey is a story structure identified by the American writer and scholar of mythology Joseph Campbell. And it can be a re...

‘Oh, you’re writing a novel? What’s it about?’ The answer to this question is essentially the premise of your ...

An author recently told me they were struggling to know whether they were creating enough conflict in their novel-in-progress. Did I h...

American poet Emily Dickinson once wrote: ‘Tell the truth, but tell it slant.’ Following this advice can bring vividness and originali...

It may be your book, but guess what? It isn’t your story. It’s fun to be the god of your own fictional world. But when it comes to the...

What point of view should you use to tell your story? It’s an important decision, one that can result in your novel being either...

There are no quick fixes when it comes to improving your creative writing, but if you focus on this one aspect, you’ll help inje...

Poorly written descriptions can make your writing dull. They can distant the reader and slow the pace of your writing. They reduce the...

Once you’ve flexed your creativity and mastered the structure of the short story, how do you then go about transferring what you...

Many writers start with short stories before they move onto novel writing. Short stories are great to start with because they take les...