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Writing is not just accomplished through inspiration. Writers create at their peak when they follow regular practices that strengthen their connection to their art form.

Writers can have more chance making a living if they are prepared to tailor their writing to other people's demands.

Learning to write is a natural process; it is simply learning to put thoughts and ideas down on paper.

The transition between a non-writer and a writer is a huge one. Here's how to unlock the writer within with a view of getting published.

The key to freelance journalism success lies in relationship-building. Becoming a writer who makes a living begins with the basics of skills and contacts.

Although writing a novel in one month is an incredibly high mountain to climb, it can be done and has resulted in published novels for more than a few writers.

For many people the idea of becoming a writer and making a living writing from home is a dream. However the reality can be far from easy.

Writing tips help aspiring writers take their ideas from early stages of prewriting to a final draft worthy of sharing.

Follow these nine hints to ensure your career as a writer is successful

An interview with Children's Author Andy Stanton, author of the hilarious and anarchic Mr Gum books for 7-10 year olds.

If you want to improve your writing skills, but don't have the time or means to attend a conference or take a course, then online writing courses may be the answer!

A reading of Broken Music, the memoir written by Gordon Sumner aka Sting reveals many things to inspire creative people working in any discipline.

Former students of online creative writing classes provide information and advice on choosing and enrolling in courses through the Internet.

Is it better to be a self-taught writer, or to take lessons from others? Find out the advantages of both methods here.

Working from home and spending many hours alone in front of a computer is one of the toughest ways of earning a living.

Demand Studios is a site where freelance writers can share their expertise and hone their writing skills while they earn money online.

Writers need a way to get their novels, plays and poems noticed. Are writing competitions, awards and prizes the answer? Do they help to create successful writers?

Procrastination is the writer's worst enemy to finishing a novel and getting published. How does the writer overcome putting it off until later?

For the freelance magazine writer or online writer, coming up with article topics is always difficult. Try overcoming writer's block with these writing ideas.

Those considering launching a solo career in freelance writing may wonder where to start. Here's how to step into the waters of online article writing.

A career as a freelance writer can be planned in simple steps.

Michael Gerber reveals how he got his start as a writer and offers unique advice to today's business writers on growing their own freelance businesses.

One of the top Iraqi poets, Abdel Wahab al-Bayati, died in Damascus in 1999. He is credited with modernizing Arabic poetry, departing from the older classical forms.

Since 1964, children have loved reading about Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. But few know that author Roald Dahl had dreamed of this factory since he was 13 years old.

The Dr. Seuss book And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street can be used to increase elementary students' descriptive writing skills and teach new vocabulary words.

Harsh criticism can come from the most unlikely places. Here are a few tips on how writers can get back in the game after some of these criticisms hit below the belt.

Jinzo Toriumi, a scriptwriter and planner for animes like Gatchaman, Speed Racer and Casshern, died Thursday of liver cancer. He was 78.

Many people at some point in their lives decide they want to write a novel. Others make it their life goal. Here are some how-to's to fulfill that goal

T. A. Barron shares his thoughts on hope, publishing, overcoming writer's block, and the magic to be found in a blue felt pen.

Popular author Tom Birdseye reveals how great teachers helped awaken his writing talents.

For years, Janette Rallison has made teens laugh with her witty and insightful romantic comedies. Here, she shares her writing strategies with Suite 101.

Joy Fielding consistently writes thought-provoking thrillers about what happens when women get involved with the wrong men.

A brief Author Snapshot Biography of the life and works of Southern writer Dorothy Allison, Contemporary American Fiction author.

Paper books just aren't what they used to be, and the publishing industry is not a tower of strength these days. Can't write a book for publication? Try writing a blog.

Charles Bukowski wrote from experience, a poem that perfectly illustrates the burning desire, the unconscious physical need, writers as artists have to put pen to paper.

Review of Getting Published, Writer's Little Instruction Book, by Paul Raymond Martin

Hallowmere is a new series of young adult books by Tiffany Trent. The dark fantasy, blended with Civil War history, makes Hallowmere a unique world of mystery.

Julia Child created a cook book, and almost 50 years later, Julie Powell created a blog about it.

Biography and works of New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield, famous for "Bliss and Other Stories."

Distance learning from home is an excellent way to gain qualifications. Home study study courses have a wide range of benefits.

Ayn Rand was an important American writer; in one Library of Congress poll, Atlas Shrugged was second only to the Bible in its influence on readers.

Geoffrey Chaucer is best known as the author of The Canterbury Tales, one of the most famous poems of medieval times and one which is still acclaimed in the 21st century.

Thomas Hardy, in writing these elegies in response to the death of his first wife, Emma Lavinia Gifford in 1912, has mastered twenty-one poems of intensely personal grief

He was a bad boy, a preacher, and an author. Centuries later, his writing is still revered and Baptists lay claim to him as one of the founding brethren.

Examples for secular and minority-faith parents seeking resources and materials for their children.

Ring Lardner is best known for his short stories about Jack Keefe, a baseball player, and his famous syndicated columns, written between bouts of heavy drinking..

Brief biography of Allen Ginsberg, a poet and leading figure of America's Beat era of new American poets. Famous for poems Howl and Kaddish.

Sneed, who received the 2006 Washington Post Children's Book Guild Children's Nonfiction Award, tells how he works, giving insight into his methods and tips for writers.

Stephanie Williams, co-director and editor of Rebel Books talks about her experiences and why she decided to start publishing.

Prolific author Larry McMurtry recounts his life as a reader and writer, rare book collector, scout and seller, examining the role and importance books have played in it.