I can’t tell you how many writers come to me believing they had a specific book to write and eventually learn that they were wrong—happily in the end.

Jami Attenberg, Roxane Gay, Alex Chee, and other novelists explain how to write a book. The first trick is: You have to write a 1000 words every day. The second trick is: You have to have fun.

As she details in her own book, The Author’s Success Code: 9 Secrets to Write and Publish a Book That Will Change Your Life, a key part of publishing a book is the personal transformation it can ...

Over the decades that I’ve been a professional writer, dozens of people have told me they want to write a book about their inner and outer lives as cabbies, baristas, pet sitters, pizza ...