In order to be made accessible, writing needs a clear thread to follow. Ideally, there should be intention behind action and an end goal....

"Long ago, two races ruled over Earth: HUMANS and MONSTERS. One day, war broke out between the two races. After a long battle, the humans...

When I'm editing any piece of writing, I have to leave comments. Lately, a comment I've had to leave a lot is, "I don't quite understand...

Today, I will be following through on a suggestion that I was sent following my previous post. As a quick backstory, their children all...

Purposeful Prose began with an exploration of planning in writing, and I stumbled on the multi-layered process of constructive planning....

Sometimes, writers come to me with projects that they initially thought were going to be easy. When they're introducing their piece to...

It's common for writers to develop rituals in preparing for, executing, and finishing a piece of writing. For some writers, those rituals...

I recently had the honor and pleasure of interviewing Gabriël Oosthuizen, a fiction writer from Cape Town, South Africa. While his focus...

In my personality test on writing apprehension, I looked at different scales with which writing apprehension has been measured, noting...

Disclaimer: I am not a mental health professional and the suggestions and advice I will provide are not meant to replace any advice given...

Post-process theorist George Pullman in his essay entitled, "Stepping Yet Again into the Same Current," sets up a rhetorical narrative on...

Writing, as a concept, is an abstract process in which supposed rules have so many exceptions that the most effective way to evaluate it...

In "Make Your Structure Sound," a crucial step in the constructive planning process, I introduced six strategies that can be used in...

While not always effectively utilized, planning in writing can be a helpful tool for emerging writers and established writers regardless...

Beginning expository writing presents a multitude of challenges for even the most experienced of authors in and out of academia. Blogs on...