Under which of the following goal structures are writers more prolific (prolific in terms of quality content): words-per-day minutes-per-day (Presuming agony is not quantifiable.) I doubt there's a scientific study on this, but there might be. Is there at least anecdotal evidence based on w...

I'm writing the blurb of my novel. To do so, I'm following of my favorite authors. Example: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami. Kafka on the Shore follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's ...

I have an idea, and it seemed like I had a somewhat clear understanding of the story, it's theme and most of the major plot points, but no matter how long I sit there and how drastically I tweak the initial idea, I can't construct an outline. I tried to do it as formuliac as possible, working bas...

Note, this might be off topic and belong on World Building SE? I have always been far more interested with building the world my stories take place in than the stories themselves. I will spend large amounts of planning the geography so small pockets of interesting species can live secluded, how ...