Authors Forum

Ernest Hemingway was always equipped with a notebook and pencil (as we all should be!), and enjoyed writing in cafés (and later retreated to his bedroom in Key West, Florida, with a typewriter situated on top of a cluttered bookcase he deemed his "work desk"). Charles Dickens preferred his familiar

What is the best piece of advice you have been given? Why did it speak to you so deeply? What did you do with it - what action did it inspire?

They often say starting is the hardest part. So, how do you start writing? What is your process? Do you use an outline or organize your thoughts? Do you dive right in? Is the first blank page intimidating or exciting? Do you type your first draft or write it by hand? Share your styles, preferenc

A journal provides a safe space where we can jot our ideas without facing judgment - including our own. We can be our harshest critic and put unnecessary pressure on our writing and projects to meet our high personal standards, but the idea of an empty book into which we can spill all of our thought