Writing Tips: Who Needs Rules to Write?   “There are three rules for writing a novel,” W. Somerset Maugham once quipped. “Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” Anyone who’s set pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) knows this to be true. However, that’s never stopped members of the literati from offering advice in […]

Giving Characters Their Own Voice   As long as there have been creative writing classes, aspiring authors have received the same advice: Write what you know.   Unfortunately, unless you know a lot — and even if you do — that advice will only take you so far. You’ll still face the issue of building […]