The Writer's Pulse

It's amazing how much a change of routine can bring a person out of a slump. Just think of all the times you've ever hit a creative block: you either kept at it, writing something -- anything -- until the grueling end (probably because you had to), or...

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...

Whether you’re a journalist or a novelist or a poet, the words you put on paper are simply a means to an end. But even with that knowledge, it’s easy to get stuck in the tangled web of rules and standards that are ingrained into our minds from the...