A successful business-focused self-help book starts with a clear message and a real understanding of your audience.

Armstrong is bringing her writing prowess to judge CBC's First Page student writing challenge, which invites grade 7 to 12 students in Canada to write the first page of a novel set in 2169 that ...

The First Page student writing challenge is open for submissions until Feb. 28, 2025 at midnight. Past readers and winners share their tips for writing your best story.

The best piece of writing advice that Ray Critch ever received was to write like no one is watching. Always make sure you’re ...

1. A Structure Before starting out with the work on a novel, what you should have clearly drafted out is a character and a plot revolving around it. Every other element of drama can be built around ...

Writing fiction, if taken seriously, is a compulsion, and many who want to complete a whole novel end up living a lifetime of frustration. There are a couple of issues here.

Ottawa mystery writers offer tips on finishing the great Canadian novel The best writing advice I’ve received: write 1,000 words a day. When I took that advice, I wrote a book.

My new book arrived on my doorstep today: “Writing Tools for the College Admissions Essay.” If you are counting, that makes 21 books with my name on the cover as editor or author.

National Novel Writing Month, shortened to “NaNoWriMo”, was a US non-profit organisation that encouraged people to try and write a 50,000-word novel every November. NaNoWriMo director Kilby ...