ChatGPT can help you start a novel, but it struggles with memory, structure and long-form storytelling. Here’s why regular ...

Nov. 1 marks the start of NaNoWriMo, an annual novel-writing challenge, and participants are scrambling to hit their daily 1,667 word count goal. But this year, the organization is facing controversy ...

On November 1st, hundreds of thousands of people around the world will suddenly start crouching over their laptops, keyboards, notebooks, journals and tablets as they try to destroy and rebuild ...

This article lists down the best free novel writing software for Windows 11/10. Creative writing, like novel writing, with a general word processor, can be a task. While a dedicated novel writing ...

In addition to being an editor at Insider, I'm also a first-time published author. I wrote the bulk of my debut novel, "This Way Out," in just one month in 2020. My key advice is to write what you ...

There are generally two times of the year that writers set goals: New Year’s and NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). But if you really want to be successful, you should constantly set new ...

This story comes from Life Kit, NPR's podcast with tools to help you get it together. To listen to this episode, play the audio at the top of the page or find it here. It's kind of a truism that ...

It was an emotionally dark and stormy night in 2020 when I had the urge to write a novel. I’d been having panic attacks. To work through it, I decided to write a novel about an isolated mom and a ...

It all started on a weekend away for the Booksluts, a Sydney book club with the motto “We’ll read anything.” Six of the group’s eight regular members were discussing “Crime and Punishment,” and ...

Embrace your messy first draft and commit to NaNoWriMo’s boot-camp vibe. By Concepción de León Four years ago, Jasmine Guillory was an aspiring novelist with an idea and an outline, but she was stuck ...