Bird by Bird encouraged would-be writers to blast past their hang-ups and embrace “shitty first drafts.” But there’s more to ...

Writer’s block often starts when an idea is still vague. This prompt works because it replaces writing with answering. By ...

Most of us have experienced writer’s block. We sit in front of a piece of paper and do not know where to start and what to write. Or we sit at our computer, stare at the screen, and although we know ...

Writer’s block. We’ve all experienced the dreaded symptoms. Your hand frozen over the page. The blank screen staring back at you like an unblinking eyeball. The fear rising, whispering “you’ll never ...

Romaine Washington is the editor of “These Black Bodies Are… A Blacklandia Anthology,” “Purgatory Has an Address” and “Sirens in Her Belly.” (Courtesy of Romaine Washington) The worst thing about ...

It was the first day of spring on Yonge Street in Toronto, 1981, when Eddie Schwartz heard a familiar sound coming from the radio at a local hair salon. Flooding onto the street was a song Schwartz ...

Two-time Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Jamie Floyd has written music for both the stage and the screen. She’s also penned songs for Miranda Lambert, Sturgill Simpson, Kesha, Kelly Clarkson and ...