Word for Words Blog for Writers

I was talking with a colleague about how we could partner to benefit an area cultural organization when she said, “I don't get enough st...

When writers ask how they can improve their prose, their question often assumes there’s one specific thing they can do that will immediately...

Logistics questions, such as how to find the right age audience for your work, describing your writing, and crafting an author bio and a syn...

There may be as many cons as pros to prologues, and telling a story's end at its beginning can be especially risky. But choose your deta...

It’s easier than ever to submit your writing for publication but harder to have the work published. Two keys to having your writing consider...

If you’ve ever had second thoughts about your work — and who hasn’t — you’re in great company. In a 2017 podcast of The New Yorker Radi...

I was talking with a colleague recently and found myself saying, “I used to set my schedule based on the ‘perfect time’ to do [whatever]. N...

We have a tradition on my mother’s central Italian side of the family that says whatever happens in the first twelve days of the New Year is...