Somerset Maugham – one of my early literary heroes – kept a notebook from his 18th year in 1892 until 1949, when A Writer’s Notebook was finally published, containing such trenchant ...

I’m a writer. You’re not. At least, that’s what I’d like to think, or used to think. I’ve always held the belief that artists are born that way. They’re born writers, painters, sculptors, composers, ...

Since I became a professional—and computerized—writer, I've been keeping a writer's notebook. Even as irregular as I am about the process, it's proven priceless for my creative output.

I read about the writing process a lot, or talk to people about it. There’s apparently some process that you’re supposed to develop so that your writing becomes as good as it can be, some way of going ...