Word for Words Blog for Writers

Sally Nacke r, poet Sally Nacker is a colleague from the Fairfield University MFA program, and I had the honor of being in workshop w...

Now in its third year, the Ridgefield Writers Conference will offer new workshops, resources and guidance for writers, starting Friday eve...

When writers fall out of love with the habit of writing, it may be because we've forgotten our first love. Whether or not a writer is ...

One of the best pieces of advice an editor can give a writer is to write; an even better recommendation is to write slowly, consciously, ref...

For better prose, take time to tinker A great way to become a better writer is by revision, and concentrated revision yields faster and ...

If you’re looking to enhance your storytelling, consider this advice from novel writer and essayist Henry James: Be a writer on whom nothing...

Some of the best stories are yours A few posts ago, we covered how to mine family history for stories. Using similar techniques, you can...