Many esteemed authors, including Sylvia Plath and Stephen King, began their careers by writing short stories before eventually “graduating” to novels. But this evolution n… See more

Each week, five nuggets of inspiration are delivered straight to your inbox. If a prompt takes your fancy, you have a week to write a short story, which you then pass under the noses o… See more

Many of us are wary of mining our reading material for book ideas, in case we stumble into the black pit of plagiarism. But lots of authors have found success working with other peopl… See more

On top of reading widely, reading the giants of your genre to familiarize yourself with common tropes is another important part of ‘author training.’ Authors of certain genres, such as ro… See more