What can writers learn about creating characters from an irascible character like Jack Sparrow? Lisa Hall gives us four tips.

Diana Clark selected the music because it had been recorded in a place prominently featured in her manuscript. And it took her on a journey.

If your writing muse has left you agitated, unsettled, or discombobulated, perhaps you can appease it by selecting music appropriate for your creative process.

Becoming a mentor, whether in a formal sense or simply as an act of being present in a young person’s life, can also be very rewarding for the mentor.

How do you capture your readers’ hearts and minds? Lynette M. Burrows discusses the what, where, and why of writing the right inciting incident.