Barbara Linn Probst shares her favorite four writing lessons, learned from stellar teachers like Donald Maass, Kathryn Craft and others. These address character, plot, and the quality of your writing.

Backstory. You can’t write with it. You can’t write without it. So how do you sidestep the information dump and slip subtly into the middle ground? Lori Freeland offers eight ways to do it right.

Like people, locations can have certain traits that bring out their personalities and influence the way our characters interact with them. Here are 5 character traits of locations to get you started!

Pick up a book. In your hand you hold the story that became, not the story as it began. These ten editing tips can help craft your next tale.

Author Kris Maze continues her series on "Flow." How do you use it to get into the Creative Zone? She includes 4 common scenarios that block the writing flow and suggestions for dealing with each.