Outlining makes the daunting task of writing a novel much less difficult. It’s where you create a story from beginning to end by letting...

1. Identify a germ of an idea, which starts with a memory of a problem, a slice-of-life anecdote, a person, or a conflict that resonates...

What’s Your Big Idea? What matters to you? What’s your passion? What holds your interest longer than it takes you to read a preview on...

In the last Write Right blog, I asked you three questions: Who is your protagonist? What trouble is she or he facing? Where does the...

If writing a book seems daunting to you—something you’ve dreamed about accomplishing one day—but you don’t know how to get started—then...

Writing Tip of the Week Ten Top Mistakes in Students' Writing Learning how to edit is just as important as learning how to write well....

Writing Tip of the Week How to Make Your Writing More Colourful Figurative language to a writer is like a colour palette to an artist. It...

Writing Tip of the Week When To Use a Hyphen 1. Use a hyphen to make some compound words. The candidate was not well-known, but she was...

Writing Tip of the Week When To Use Quotation Marks 1. Use quotation marks before and after the spoken words. "Can Justin and I come...

Writing Tip of the Week Use the Em Dash ("long dash") to strengthen your writing. When it's used appropriately, this quirky punctuation...