WRITING

In case of narrative emergency, break glass.

'The Bell Jar,' which came out just one month before Sylvia Plath died by suicide at age 30, is the writer's only published novel.

Hungarian brothers László and György Bíró are credited with inventing the pen we still use today.

"You write to please yourself. You write for the joy of writing."

Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel 'Jane Eyre' was an instant hit—and many of its themes were taken from the author's real life.

In the 1980s, a group of great thinkers, authors and communicators penned a series of How To's for honing one's writing skills. The source of these amazing troves of advice was an ad campaign put out by a paper company.

Any writer knows that unsolicited advice about their work is easy to come by, but finding inspiration on those days when the words just won’t come is a lot tougher. Here, 15 of history’s most famous names give you the positive words you need to get back t

Twenty years ago, it was impossible for most of us to listen to JRR Tolkien read Elvish or see Zelda Fitzgerald grin at a camera or hear an inebriated Hemingway shout about pigeons. But today, these and other rare recordings of famous authors are just a m

Sometimes you just want to be a kid again. These literary luminaries quietly tried their hands at writing children’s stories.

Sometimes you just want to be a kid again. These literary luminaries quietly tried their hands at writing children’s stories.