With a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in creative writing, Alexandra Kostoulas has had many teachers and learned many approaches to writing, but of all the courses she's taken, the one that ...

One incredibly simple and powerful method for breaking through this paralyzing feeling is freewriting. In his book, Writing With Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process, Peter Elbow, a ...

If Supreme Court justices determine what should be true for all people in all cases, author Amy Tan told me, writers do the opposite—they focus on what makes individuals unique. To create convincing ...