The indie writing community can be a lonely place—a wasteland of unengaged social media posts and abysmal book sales. This isolation is often compounded for indie authors of color, many of whom ...

Did you know that George RR Martin, the mastermind behind the epic “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, often writes multiple chapters for each character consecutively? This non-linear approach helps him ...

MIXED REVIEW: David Gordon, a science writer and biologist, calls chapter writing "a wonderful and awful experience." Scientists are, by necessity, writers. Academic scientists write exams, grant ...

The first chapter of a book is arguably the most important part. The author spends an extraordinary amount of time writing, rewriting, and perfecting it. The best first chapters of books set up the ...