Word for Words Blog for Writers

What do you love about writing? Is it time for yourself, discovery, reading or hearing your words? Maybe it’s the chance to listen to yo...

Among the joys of writing is “flow”, when we’re so immersed in creating the story’s world that we forget we’re writing. But we can’t afford ...

Part 1 of this post gave an example of the importance of stories, based on an ESL class that was reading about author Amy Tan. When the clas...

A teacher asked students in an ESL class reading about author Amy Tan what would they ask Tan if they could. One student said, “I would ask ...

Does your story span generations, and do your characters go from youth to age in maturity or chronology? One way to accomplish this and emph...

In today’s busy world, no less the world of fiction, writers are always looking to up the stakes for their stories and characters, yet ther...

As with the light that comes through a stained glass window, there is prismatic artistry in showing varied viewpoints in a novel. But how d...

If you’ve never read the novel Rebecca, or if you haven’t read it lately, you may want to pick it up this holiday season, as a study in th...