Why do you write? Why do you create? Is it to please yourself or to please others? How much are you motived by a self-indulgent desire to express yourself or by a calculated craftiness designed to capture the attention of others. Is one approach better than the other? Find out. Continue...

Version 1.1.0 of PieceWorx Writing Studio is now available. Be sure to download and install this version so you can check out all of awesome new themes. Continue...

"No pain, no gain" is a popular cliche and cliches get past all of our filters. These little phrases are routinely accepted as truth because we've heard them so many times before. Cliches are insidious this way, like cockroaches and spiders sneaking beneath the walls of your home. Continue...

What is your oldest writing memory? Mine goes back to second grade. I wrote a one page story about a clown and my mother put it on a high shelf because she wanted to save it. She knew then that I would be a writer... Continue...

Most writing advice on first drafts goes something like this: start writing and don't look back, get all your ideas out, don't worry about spelling, punctuation, even plot consistency. Just get the first draft done so you can then go back and revise it. Don't expect your first draft to be any good... Continue...