Welcome to Crystal Crawford's official author blog!

Though I've always been a fiction writer, my first online writing endeavors were actually mostly nonfiction. While working as a Graduate...

A question I'm asked repeatedly: What about “Show, Don’t Tell”? How do I do it? What are the rules?

What to do when it suddenly feels like writing sucks and you wonder why you ever decided to do this in the first place.

A good self-edit can make a huge difference in your writing, but only if you know how to do it well. Here are 7 tips to help you self-edit..

Writing is solitary, but I have learned how much stronger and better, my writing can be when I have the benefit of a writing community.

How do you overcome the fear of others reading your work? The simplest answer to this is actually the most difficult to execute...

Are you currently struggling with Writer’s Block?  Check out 3 of my previous posts for tips on how to overcome it!

If you want your writing to be the best it can be, you will eventually need to revise. here are my top 4 tips for revision.