Author Monica Valentinelli offers three writing exercises to help get you thinking about science fiction story ideas. Create an alien, destroy the world, and create a fantastical invention. Since many ...

When I spoke to Jane Smiley, author of Some Luck, she suggested that novelists’ ideas—their political, philosophical, experiential concerns—frequently motivate the writing of great books. But then a ...

Get your creativity nice and limber by loosening up any ideas you have in your head. Did you know that your brain is a muscle? Or maybe you’re thinking of your skin? For a writing warmup, spend ...

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A new study suggests that the vividness of a person’s fears about their future may be linked to anxiety through its effect on ...

After collecting her thoughts daily for four years, a Saskatoon-based author is ready to publish them for others to read. Work on Rebecca La Marre's book, Love Is The Language That Sex Speaks started ...