The Writer's Pulse

You know, we could sit here and talk about writing all day, but there's one thing many writers have a severe problem with: motivation. The act of just sitting down and writing. I know I do. When I was in college (what has it been now, three weeks?),...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Image: Paul Worthington"][/caption] General Writing Advice 1. Write because you like to, not because you hope to get paid. Great writing takes passion. You have to enjoy the act of writing itself...

Ernest Hemingway's posthumous novel The Garden of Eden contains a passage which perfectly describes the very essence of his writing: "It had gone so simply and easily that he thought it was probably worthless. Be careful, he said to himself, it is all...

Creativity and imagination are very fickle. One moment they're right with you, screaming ideas so loud you can hardly type, the next...well, nothing. Absolutely nothing. Here are five things you can do to rescue your creativity from the clutches of...

If there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's that great writing takes chances. Great writing does not fall in line. It does not follow rules. It does not bother with what is accepted or perceived as correct. It simply is. Our modern standards...