Reading & Writing Lounge

  Think your life is boring? Think again. What may be mundane to you might be exciting for other readers. Mine your life. Here are some things to ponder: Where have you lived? Good travel writing often comes from the locals. Having lived in a place, you will have a different sense of perspective from that [...]

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“Write what you know” is a common piece of advice you’ll find in any writing guide. It implies that writing about things, events, places familiar to you will give you an (almost) endless supply of material for writing. So, you should mine your life, your family, your acquaintances, career, education and hobbies for potential ideas. [...]

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Springsteen, Sting or Schubert. Whether you like rock, pop, classical or heavy metal, writing for music magazines is no different than writing for other publications. You don’t really need to play an instrument or have a record of your own to be a music writer. What you need is some knowledge of the industry and [...]

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