Telling stories — even very short ones — is one of the best techniques you can use to make your writing more interesting and more engaging to your readers. I suggest you make it a priority.  Continue reading...

Write like a jazz musician — go with the flow, take risks, accept less than perfect results — and do it secure in the knowledge that you can always edit it later.  Continue reading...

Every feel like there's just not enough time in the day to write? Here are some tools, tricks and techniques that don't cost a cent that can help you do your job better and faster.  Continue reading...

This column is not a resolution. It's just one more arrow in your quiver as you work to turn yourself into a productive writer in 2018.  Continue reading...

This writing productivity quiz highlights three aspects of writing to which you should be paying attention.  Continue reading...

These eight essays are a perfect way into learning about how a writer who started at the lowest rung at Time magazine in the 1950s developed to become the author associated with a body of nonfiction that is unparalleled in modern American letters for its breadth and depth.  Continue reading...