Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There are two kinds of people: Those who think they can write, and those who think they can’t. Very often, both are wrong. The truth is ...

Patricia Pehar is Chief Communications Officer at Web Safe 101 and a communications consultant with a 20-year background in broadcast news. I flunked my first writing assignment in journalism school.

When I wrote my first play "Crazy for Life," I had no idea what I was doing. Seriously. I had acted before but never written a one-person show, particularly one about my own experience living with ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The list -- intended for fiction writers but good for many of us -- is ...

If you want to flatter someone, ask for their advice. You have asked for mine, and in doing so given me a pretext for self-aggrandization. But I don't think I can do better than Rainer Maria Rilke, ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. The Pulitzer-winning Southern writer, a master of the short story, would ...

After 35 years of teaching fiction writing, the prize-winning author shares her wisdom. First tip? Don’t write what you know… I don’t think it’s a bad thing to want to write a first sentence so ...