Education and Craft

Urgency is not unique to thrillers and not always a function of a fast pace. Urgency drives all fiction and a slow-moving passage can have you at the edge of your seat...

When you have a story to tell that draws on your own experience, do you write it as a memoir or as fiction? The best memoirs read like fiction, and the best fiction...

Writing retreats, whether virtual or in-person, can be a great way for writers to improve their process and craft, and also interact with other writers. Cathy Fyock...

Entertainment expert and media arts instructor Dan Watanabe shares why he chose to get his MFA and how it has benefited him. www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../DanWatanabeonHowGettingHisMFAEnhancedHisSkillsetandNetwork...

A writer's voice is the individual style and energy that he or she brings to a story, and this voice can evolve and become more refined over time. Many writers worry...