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Internationally acclaimed ghostwriter and persuasive writing coach Joshua Lisec has ghostwritten more than 80 books.

When people first meet authors, they always ask the same question—how did you get started in this business? I’m a bit a rarity. Wrote my first novel at seventeen, sold it at twenty, hit the bestsel…

For Édouard Louis, revisiting the past is an act of survival.

When Putin attacked, the novelist switched his focus to journalism. Two years on, he talks about his new crime series, life in Kyiv, and fiction as an escape from reality

February is National Library Lovers Month in the USA. And February 14 is a very special day for lovers…of libraries! February 14 is Valentines Day, the day for lovers. But it is also a very special…

You don’t know their names and you certainly wouldn’t recognize their faces — even if their eyes weren’t shaded out — but chances are you’ve read stacks and stacks of their books. THR sits down with six of the top ghostwriters in the celebrity memoir business.

Come up with your next science fiction screenplay with these helpful writing prompts.

Evidence suggests that writing was probably invented in southern Iraq sometime before 3000BC. But what happened next?

Ghostwriter Kristin Loberg and many of her clients have apologized for misusing authors’ words without attribution. But publishing firms have been largely quiet.

Cher says she's still working on her long-awaited memoir because she 'totally chickened out' and left out 'some things that needed to be in' it: 'I have to go back and man up.'

Margaret Atwood and John Grisham tell powerful stories. Non-fiction writers can learn from them.

From drafting manuscripts to tracking edits and creating book covers, I get the job done with the help of these indispensable - and free - apps.

Quill, a magazine by the Society of Professional Journalists

A few years ago, I set off on an adventure that would eventually leave me both alone and alone in the woods…for days on end.

Several new books grapple with displacement and diasporic living in ways that feel particularly resonant in this moment

Public speaking is an excellent way to build your personal brand. Here is a five-point strategy for delivering a perfect public speech.

A father finds a Christmas story that works for his infant daughter — and for the world.

Ada Zhang, Nishanth Injam and Alexandra Chang discuss their writing processes and literary lineages

Over 500 motivational quotes by famous writers to help boost your writing or your writing career

The path that works best depends on your available time, budget and writing capabilities.

A couple months ago I found myself alone in a Northern California beach town, walking the hills and talking into a recording app on my phone. None of my usual ways of writing were working anymore. …