When editing an author’s work, I look closely at paragraph decisions, because they definitely affect the reader’s experience and the author’s voice.

What if we approach our writing objectives as a series of experiments through which we learn and grow?

While we could talk all day about sentence structures, let’s start with the easiest variable to control: length.

Your favorite authors publish free lessons on writing craft. They’re waiting for you on the pages of their books, if you’re willing to do the work.

Punctuation is like the percussion of prose. You may not notice it unless it’s showy, but it holds everything together.

Consciously or not, may of us feel that if something comes easily, it’s probably not good. That’s a flawed premise. And it gets in our way.