Two new books by fiction writers Elizabeth McCracken and Sue Monk Kidd offer different approaches to the craft of writing. McCracken's "A Long Game" is skeptical of cosmic inspiration, focusing ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Humans seem hardwired to consume and enjoy stories. Fictional stories shape the way we think, affect how we act and influence our choices ...

In a workshop to discuss how academic and creative writing are related, my colleagues and I spent most of our time talking about guilt. All of us felt guilty about the hours we had spent writing ...

A police officer's hand in gloves write on a notepad.Jan Hakan Dahlstrom—Getty Images There are some hard ethical questions in the writing of crime fiction. For me, the most difficult one is how to ...

N. K. Jemisin, the only author to win the prestigious Hugo Award for best science-fiction or fantasy novel three years in a row, partly credits fan fiction for her ability to draw in readers. Jemisin ...

Science fiction and fantasy are genres where almost anything can happen — as long as the author can make it seem plausible, and as long as it’s part of a good story. But that doesn’t mean there are no ...