The best books on writing tend to be well, if not beautifully, written. But I have found that great books about writing great fiction — such as those by Eudora Welty and E Lily Yu — often contain ...

If you would like to improve your fiction writing skills harnessing the wealth of AI tools that are currently available you might be interested in learning more from The Nerdy Novelist who has put ...

Something changed when, toward the end of elementary school, I discovered a whole new genre of story: fan fiction. It was 1998 or so, and I had fallen hard for Hanson, a band of boys just slightly ...

Two new books by fiction writers Elizabeth McCracken and Sue Monk Kidd offer different approaches to the craft of writing. McCracken's "A Long Game" is skeptical of cosmic inspiration, focusing ...

In the dynamic world of writing, technology has continually played a pivotal role in shaping methodologies and tools. If you’re a budding author or even a seasoned writer, you’ll be pleased to know ...

DECORAH, IOWA — Amy Weldon, Luther College Professor of English, published Advanced Fiction, a textbook that offers a comprehensive and innovative guide for undergraduate students or any writer ...

You may have a karaoke song that you love belting out at the top of your lungs, but writer Elizabeth McCracken is definitely not someone who wants to grab the mic and get up on stage. So, Elizabeth, ...

A humanoid robot works in an office on a laptop to listening Music in Headphone, showcasing the utility of automation in repetitive and tedious tasks. The advent of Generative AI (GenAI) in the realm ...

Good novelists create characters who are complex. unique, and have relatable human needs and feelings. Joyce Carol Oates is one of our best contemporary novelists, and has created a host of memorable ...

Part of the difficulty horror writing faces has to do with the defenses that modern readers bring to genre fiction. Like virtually every other genre, horror only came into its own as a discrete mode ...

A s a fannish undergraduate in the late 1990s, I took a creative-writing workshop thinking I might write science fiction. I was quickly disabused of that notion. “I don’t do science fiction, and I don ...