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Barbara Probst shares four key questions you can ask as you're writing to bring characters fully alive.

Writing a memoir can seem overwhelming. A game plan can transform it into a doable, rewarding process. Here are five tips that can increase your enjoyment of writing memoir.

Piper Bayard shows how to use a real-life hero/heroine to inform your fiction (plus 7 lessons for deepening the characterization)

James Preston shares his love of books, explores the differences between e-books and print, and examines the popular concept that physical books are dying.