Word for Words Blog for Writers

Do you see something of interest in the world around you and replicate it in your imagination so that you can analyze it? If so, don’t worry...

What if the common effort to recapture youth isn’t as much about wanting to be young again (okay, sometimes it is), but about going back to ...

Sometimes you don't know your character's next move or your plot's next turn until you arrive at that moment in the story. Of co...

Forgive me for doing a bit of shamless promoting, but here goes ... Award-winning writer and editor Adele Annesi is launching a new website,...

Prong, pavé, channel, bezel — how a diamond is set makes all the difference. It’s the same with the setting of a story. A setting isn’t ther...

A physician friend says the most powerful sense is the sense of smell. I’m not sure whether he’s right. I’ve heard that for women auditory i...

When I read for pleasure I usually choose mysteries, well-written stories like Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael mysteries, which are set in Eng...

Over the weekend I met with a local author who reminded me that creating deadlines is key to progress. I’m working on a new novel and had al...