Ask a room of readers how great novels get written, and many will picture a burst of inspiration at a desk. Novelists ...

I have the urge to write. But I don't know where to start.When that happens, what I do isn't opening a book on how to write.

The master of the terrifying and unpredictable has a rather reliable daily schedule. Here's the schedule Stephen King follows.

Is there a recipe for writing? The writer's work is surrounded by mysticism. Many of them have maintained rituals that have contributed to the mystery. Belinda Cannone, herself a novelist and essayist ...