Walking is good for your health, but also your mind. It makes you more creative by letting your mind wander. For me, poetry pours out when I

Lots of people jot down ideas in notebooks. But after you've jotted them down, can you find what you need when you need it? Indexing helps.

Research shows that creativity can be enhanced by looking at art, listening to music, and sniffing good smells.

No person on earth has more than 24 hours in a day. No one can concoct a magic potion to conjure extra time for increased productivity. We a

If you don’t know Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, go out and buy a copy today. If you do know it, you’ll be smiling becau

Maya Angelou entered from the back of a big conference room. Well before I could see her, I heard her, a booming, mellifluous, voice with ju

Fredrik Backman uses three tactics to change a bitter, old curmudgeon into a lovable man in A Man Called Ove, the best-selling novel.

Of the five senses, smell has the most powerful connection to memory and emotion. Writers should use it to create strong descriptions.

The most creative writing happens when you follow misbehaving words when they break away from your plan. Mary Oliver's poem "The Beast" is a

Aspiring writers can learn from the techniques used by Krueger in the acclaimed novel, Ordinary Grace.

Today is National “Celebrate Life” Day, and I’m thinking of Walt Whitman. As much as I love him — and while I understand that it’s important

Years in academia, formally trained as a writer, I was restricted by rules and expectations. Then I found ecstasy in blogging.

The poetry of Robert Frost shows the impact of winter on humanity - especially older men.

Dickinson had to work to create masterpieces.She wrote daily. All the time. She scribbled on old envelopes, scraps of wallpaper, and chocola

Being a writer is the coolest job in the world. Instead of talking about growing an audience and the problems of the occupation, be thankful

It's a big deal when writers publish "late in life," after 40. But there are plenty of success stories for writers starting after age 60.

Notebook gathering, pen-picking, and word collecting are great hobbies for writers. But the best is word collecting. It's cheap. It's educat

Freelance writers often struggle to find clients and jobs. Fight feelings of failure by understanding why you might not get gigs. Persist.

What is the one thing writers need to succeed? More than reading, more than writing, writers must have optimism to endure rejection.

Emojis. GIFs. Videos. Visual communication is changing the world. What will happen to writers and the written word?