If you’re a writer—especially for a living—you know how easy it is to fall into writer’s block. In fact, I’ve currently been battling the worst months-long block in my entire writing career. Showing ...

Writer’s block can happen to anyone—even successful novelists. Everyone from Stephen King to Leo Tolstoy has fallen victim to the phenomenon, and some of them never conquer it: Ralph Ellison, for ...

First published in the spring of 1994, two months before the birth of Amazon and one month after the death of Kurt Cobain, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott has far outlasted the era of its origin, becoming ...

Does the thought of writing a Personal Statement, or (as Juniper calls it) a Writer’s Statement, fill you with indescribable dread? Many writing programs, colleges, universities, and conferences, ...

Your instructor may ask you to include a writer's letter (also called a writer's memo, writer's note, or cover letter) with your writing assignment. A writer's letter reflects on your process of ...

It’s an oversimplification to say ChatGPT and other generative-AI tools are bad for professional writers. Much of the writer’s work requires heavy research that could literally take years, even using ...