The extensive utilization of multisyllabic terminology and obfuscatory phraseology, coupled with an overabundance of manufactured verbiage, runs counter to the goals and purposes of an

Beyond fantasies and wishful thinking, let writers publish stories that let readers experience truth. — Jeremiah 23:28 Scripture for Writers Writers live in a world

Effort must rise to the level of the dream, or the dream will fall to the level of the effort. — Frank Ball Every writer

Ninety-nine percent of what looks like listening in the world is not genuine listening. It’s just waiting at a stoplight with the mind’s engine running

The magic of story is that it allows us to vicariously experience the emotion of the tale and feel it so deeply that it helps

Slow and steady wins the race. — Aesop (550 BC), The Hare and the Tortoise Patience is difficult for anyone, but for writers, it can

The words may look like clods of dirt on the page. But exercising our creative muscles will pay off. The clunky words will morph into

Confusion is confusing because we cannot readily see the discordant parts that comprise it. — Thomas Harris Confusion isn’t loud, dramatic, or obvious. It creeps

Keep in mind that not everything you write will be best-selling work. Some will not be stellar. No worries. Store those tales away for the future.

Rejection is not failure—it is direction. We take a moment to feel the sting … then we return to the calling that first stirred our

There’s always a new edge, a new skill you can almost—but not quite—do on your own. And that’s the best part of writing. There’s no

Frequently a great difference exists between the words you need in order to understand yourself and the words you need to make the same thought