In Honoré de Balzac’s Lost Illusions, Daniel tells the young writer Lucien that Lucien has started his novel all wrong. Instead of opening with pages of dialogue among characters, Lucien should have ...

Editor’s note: Poynter announced that the newly renamed 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes will feature a category honoring longtime writing coach Roy Peter Clark and recognizing compelling short writing ...

Some advice — helpful and otherwise — on the literary life, from living authors and Aristotle. Credit...John Gall Supported by By Noor Qasim Writing a novel is daunting. Where to begin? And then how ...