As we all know, there are so many types and genres of poetry and learning it one by one is time consuming, simply ‘cos one must first seek and understand the meaning of each form, before one can write a poem of his/her own in a chosen form or style, but if you are like [...]

There are several aspects to writing fiction. Rendering what John Gardner in The Art of Fiction describes as a ‘vivid and continuous dream’ is a complicated affair. Story is created from the imagination of a writer, who in turn must translate it onto a page of symbols so that another person can read, absorb, [...]

Poetry can be described in so many ways, but one general concept people have about poetry is, it stems from an emotion, an inspiration, or from a particular event in the poets life. Poetry is an art form that uses metaphors to express a certain thought or story.
While telling the tale as it is can [...]

Some of the poetry for greeting cards was written with a certain person in mind. The poet might be a star crossed lover who has to put their heartfelt feelings on paper and the magic that is derived from the words they write serves to ignite feelings and emotions in any person who picks up [...]

You have been writing poetry ever since that first task in your writing class when you were in school. You are familiar with the rules regarding writing poetry, correct? Are there regulations? Fine, if you recurrent the poetry debates across the Internet to the extent that a few do, you’d locate that there are lots [...]

Most men will never openly admit that they would like to write
poetry. They can tell you about their rock song lyrics, but you
will not hear the word poetry come out of their mouths. The
reason for this is obvious. Most of them are scared of being
viewed as feminine, and love poems are for women. Right? [...]

You are the Box Office Smash: The Personal Screenplay
by Gordy Hoffman
Right this very second, in the heart of every struggling, undiscovered screenwriter, in the dark, hidden corner deep within, there is a voice, a clear whisper, saying one thing:
You’re never gonna figure this out.
And this is not referring to the story with its gaping hole, [...]

My email box has been filling up with notices about the annual start of National Novel Writing Month (www.nanowrimo.org). However, in general, I write nonfiction. If you, like me, consider yourself a nonfiction writer, don’t sit around for the next 30 days twiddling your thumbs and wishing you had a cool contest to enter this [...]

When writing fiction, it is important to be able to have an interesting plot and several well developed characters that your readers (should you get published) will begin to care about. Characters after all, can make or break a story or novel because if you do not manage to make them become believable entities, why [...]

Teaching children to write poetry can be done if the steps are broken down. Children learn best when it is simple and easily accomplished. Basically all you need to do is show children how to rhyme words and then put them together. Here are 6 methods.
1. Write a list of words. [...]