At 500 Words, we believe every child has a story worth telling. That’s why we don’t mark grammar, punctuation or spelling - we focus purely on the power of the story itself. But we know that for some ...

Stories matter. They convey the human experience and all of its complexities in a way that allows us to live the lives of people we’ve never met, people who are different than us, and through ...

Divya Parekh, of The DP Group, covers business growth, storytelling, high-impact performance and authority building. The audience that business story writing caters to is usually potential customers ...

Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each person will pair off with the person sitting to his or her immediate right. One of you will then write the ...

Novelists tend to fall into two camps. Some authors love their outlines—they plot and plan and schematize and think their way through problems. John Irving is one example; he spends months outlining ...

It’s time to stop talking about writing and write. The best-selling author of “Prep” and “Rodham” offers a plan. By Curtis Sittenfeld Though some people have knocked out an entire short story in a ...

I can't think of a better way to start a post about leads than with this: “The most important sentence in any article is the first one. If it doesn’t induce the reader to proceed to the second ...

My first attempt at writing a video game script begins with the socialist journalist and activist Marina Ginestà, a remarkable woman who died five years ago, at the age of 94. Although she lived an ...

Editor’s note: The following collection of immigration reporting resources, story ideas and examples is the first in a series of tip sheets for new and experienced journalists covering immigration at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. William Arruda covers personal branding, leadership, and careers. Your LinkedIn About section is where you tell your authentic and ...