So how do you find your ideas? Or should I ask how do they find you? There's something strange and unexpected about the discovery of a...

Idea hockey...do you ever play this game? Check out that chicken scribble in your notebook listing ideas? Shoot them around for a while, b...

Writers live life with a perpetual question swirling through their minds. It is a question that draws deep from the well of creativity and...

I've been reading   Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell   and it is an excellent resource. Not only does he give you ways to way...

It’s the beginning of a new year. 2011. Wow. Can you believe it? Welcome to The Writers Alley’s first post of 2011 . It’s the begin...

Ever hit about 35K on a WIP and get smacked over the head, lovesick for a new idea—a new novel? This has happened to me almost every single ...

"A soul can create only when alone" Abraham Joshua Herchel What feeling does that quote evoke in you? Peace? Excitement...

Recently a few writers talked about taking a break from their work.  They went on fabulous vacations to cleanse their writing palettes, ...