The Authors Guild

Why is writing important to you and why do you think it’s an important medium for the world? Writing has given me a way to explore my own mind. I’m continually surprised by what I just wrote, often wondering where it came from. It must have been stewing in the backwaters of my subconscious for a while to have emerged as a complete thought. There is more i...

Why is writing important to you and why do you think it’s an important medium for the world? I teach college courses in critical thinking and writing, in which I hope to show that students can learn to think better through writing. I also teach that the world would be a much better place if everyone could practice the kind of empathy to the experience of ...

Why is writing important to you and why do you think it’s an important medium for the world? Writing allows you really get inside of people’s heads and make them think and sometimes even change their lives.

What are your tried and tested remedies to cure writer’s block? I write non-fiction, so it’s fairly straightforward to crea...

Why is writing important to you and why do you think it’s an important medium for the world? I’ve always looked to writing both as an escape and as a way to process the world around me. I find it amazingly cathartic to channel emotions into new worlds and characters to bring new perspective to the challenges and relationship we face every day. Then seeing...

Why is writing important to you and why do you think it’s an important medium for the world? The appetite for reading has not diminished. We are hardwired in our DNA to need stories. That’s why children ask, “Tell me a story.” The forms change, but the need doesn’t. Young people, especially, need validation that they are members of an ongoing chain of hum...