Writing a book? Wondering where to begin? Maybe you could just start anywhere.

Writing short fiction is a marvelous playground for the poet to develop the essential ingredients of great poems. Try your hand at our "encounter" prompt today.

More often than not, it seems, fiction arises out of real events. In this short piece by 13-year-old Sonia Joie, we find the fictional diary entry that could just as well have been written by an actual soldier in the field one day back in 1914.

When writing a book, there's always the chance you won't finish. Should you care?

I'm nervous for you. Do you have any clue where your Book of Beginnings is going?

Dream of writing the breakout novel? You need to start somewhere. Begin today, with our Fiction Workshop taught by best-selling author Anthony Connolly.

Charity Singleton Craig experiences John Steinbeck's California through the Salinas Valley and the Monterey Peninsula finding a people she already knows, though she has never met.

With nothing more to go on than our February "purple" theme, Darrelyn Saloom writes a heart-stopping piece of flash fiction.

Tania Runyan plays in the world of flash fiction with a new piece, exploring the dangers of following one's imagination.

Ten great Pride and Prejudice Resources. Okay, some are just plain fun. But that's great too, no?

An audio excerpt from L.L. Barkat's The Novelist: a novella featuring the delightful voice of Claire Burge.