Welcome to Crystal Crawford's official author blog!

Reading fiction can offer numerous benefits for teenagers. Find out more in this post!

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

this newest resource is for fiction-writers who – like me – struggle to keep the big-picture story neatly in mind while writing...

Vibrant, memorable characters are the heart of storytelling and the window through which you are able to access your readers’ emotions.

Writers have a unique and important challenge: take ideas, experience, language – and assemble them into something altogether different...

Throw your writing to the wolves. Sure, it may get uncomfortable. You may even get hurt a bit. But you may also find something wonderful...

What is Creative Independence? I’m glad you asked. 😉

Reality will close in on kids automatically as they experience the world, but that internal creative spark could be the key to their future.

Even the best writers run into writer’s block.  If you’re stuck in your story, here are 5 suggestions to get your creative mojo back.

7 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Creative Energy and Avoid Writer Burnout