Whether you're doing NaNoWriMo or just like creative writing, enjoy these quotes! If you are a writer, you know the joy that comes from expressing yourself on paper. Whether you are journaling, ...

John Green’s led a remarkable life, and he’s never shied away from offering advice to aspiring scribes and storytellers of all ages. Here are fourteen of his best pointers. “I really think that ...

It seems like every year, one particular name comes up when talking about potential Nobel Prize winners: Haruki Murakami. He has yet to win, and perhaps he never will, but Haruki Murakami quotes on ...

In a 2002 op-ed in The New York Times, best-selling author Joseph Epstein noted that “81 percent of Americans feel they have a book in them — and that they should write it.” Thanks to the rise of the ...

It's no secret that most writers like to write about writing. It makes for very good procrastination on actual writing. And there's quite a bit of advice out there on how to write. But what about why ...

In an NPR feature, Gaiman discussed the stop-motion animated film Alice by Jan Svankmajer. In that interview, he made an important point for writers of stories for kids: Kids are so much braver than ...

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WIMA sponsors National Handwriting Day each year on Jan. 23 to coincide with John Hancock’s birthday. Hancock was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, marking the document with his ...

But if you’re like me, you might find the need to dip into sources of inspiration from time to time, something to loosen your mental gears and limber up your writing limbs in the hope that you’ll be ...