When I wrote my first play "Crazy for Life," I had no idea what I was doing. Seriously. I had acted before but never written a one-person show, particularly one about my own experience living with ...

Rachel Syme, a New Yorker staff writer, learned that during the early days of the pandemic. Longing for human connection, she asked her followers on social media if anyone wanted to be her pen pal. "I ...

Don’t be fooled by the A-Z treatment – this thoroughgoing guide asks deep questions about the art of autobiography “I’ve had a life and I’ve also had a life as a life writer”: Blake Morrison opens his ...

I always get highly nervous when I talk to writers. Especially writers whose work I greatly admire. I think it s because I know how hard writing is. A great writer makes it look easy, but writing is ...

Many years ago I heard some marvelous advice from the co-director of the UCLA Writing Project, Jane Hancock, about choosing the right words. She was speaking of prose, but I think it’s extra-good ...

From the beginning of recorded history, people in diverse cultures have embraced the idea that creative expression, including visual art, stories, dance and music, contributes to healing. In recent ...