Writing a novel is something that many people try, and even more people think about. The most important thing to know before you start is that you don't have a novel inside you. It emerges only as you ...

For Elizabeth McCracken, writing a novel requires attention to matters as small as punctuation and as capacious as the imagined world her characters inhabit.

After 35 years of teaching fiction writing, the prize-winning author shares her wisdom. First tip? Don’t write what you know… I don’t think it’s a bad thing to want to write a first sentence so ...

If you have an idea for a book need a little help to get you going it might be worth turning to AI to help you flesh out your idea. Using AI, specifically ChatGPT-4, to write a book can be a highly ...

The novelist and writing tutor delivers bracing advice that demolishes familiar ‘stick to what you know’ nostrums Trope, POV, backstory, character arc. In the 30 years since I was a student of that ...