You DO Have Time to Write

So, you’ve got that Great American novel inside of you, just itching to get out … or that how-to book that will change the lives of millions … or that screenplay that would be perfect for Hollywood. Now all you need is the time to commit your words to paper. But where, how do you […]

Writing Tip: Why Nouns and Verbs Are Your Friends

Forget about adjectives and adverbs. Here is why nouns and verbs are your new best friends. “The wearily handsome, nervous, stubble-chinned man slowly and carefully got out of bed when he heard the soft, mysterious sound of footsteps in his apartment.” OR “The ex-con bolted up, rubbed his eyes and then the stubble on his […]

Writing a Memoir: Should You Do It?

With the tremendous success of such memoirs as Frank McCourt’s “Angela’s Ashes,” Mary Karr’s “The Liar’s Club,” and Dave Eggers’s “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,” the 1990s and early 2000s saw an explosion in the genre. The boom was seen in the number of memoirs acquired by publishers, the number of titles shelved in […]