Ever wonder why some stories grab you while others fade from memory? The secret isn't in plot twists—it's in the people. While Walter White's criminal descent in Breaking Bad and the psychological ...

I don't know about you, but when I go looking for a little bit of writing inspiration, I often find myself staring at the same Hemingway, Bradbury, and Fitzgerald quotes I've heard a dozen times ...

Good novelists create characters who are complex. unique, and have relatable human needs and feelings. Joyce Carol Oates is one of our best contemporary novelists, and has created a host of memorable ...

The characters in “Happy All the Time,” Laurie Colwin’s 1978 novel, spend a surprising amount of time being unhappy. “He had never felt so miserable in his life,” Colwin writes of Vincent Cardworthy ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author A.M. Homes about her new book, The Unfolding, which focuses on a Republican power broker between election night 2008 and Inauguration Day in January 2009. The ...