They’re all staring at you. They’re all waiting for you to pontificate words of wisdom. They’re all staring at you…wait. I already wrote that. You are a writer, not a public speaker, so how can you get over your nervous tics and deliver your thoughts in such a way that you’re...

by Melanie Feliciano I liked science when I was in high school. Chemistry, especially, because I liked the periodic table of elements and the formulas we had to solve. H + O2 = H2O. It was a superficial obsession, really. I just liked the look of letters inside a mathematical formula. I was glad that...

Editor’s Note: These prompts aren’t just for writers. Replace the words “writing” or “words” with whatever it is you’re trying to do (lose weight, start a company, be a better wife or husband), and you should be able to kick your bad habit of start-up mentality. By...

I've been spouting opinions since 1985. Ever since I was a child I had opinions. “Nobody cool lives in Orlando!” “Call me Miss Jackson, if you’re nasty.” “Hawaiian shirts are totally cool.” As the middle child, you’re always trying to get your two cents...

by Linda Elkin Editor’s Note: I took an 8-week writing workshop with Linda Elkin in San Francisco, circa 1999, and wrote my first online short story, “Angela’s Lair.” She was a superb workshop leader and I’ll never forget the guidelines she gave. Linda received an MFA from the Warren...

Thursday, November 1st, 2007 This is a great web site — one of Writer’s Digest’s 101 best for writers: http://www.nanowrimo.org/