Some artists like this process because they can draw on the metal as easily as if they were using a writing pen.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

She has said that writing the songs on "Bare Bones" was a very new experience, almost like making her first album over again.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

Some materials are available free at Web sites like the Purdue Online Writing Lab,or OWL.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

She turned to writing music. She says like many of her albums, "The Age of Miracles" gives a brief look at where she is in her life.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

What he is writing sounds like it was written by a lawyer.

VOA: special.2010.05.10