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Writer’s Digest is the No.1 Resource for Writers, Celebrating the Writing Life and What it Means to be a Writer in Today’s Publishing Environment.
Writer’s Digest
Writer’s Digest is the No.1 Resource for Writers, Celebrating the Writing Life and What it Means to be a Writer in Today’s Publishing Environment.
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In this week’s roundup brought to us by Script magazine, “Girls5eva” creator and showrunner Meredith Scardino talks about tapping into and writing humor that is relatable, and “Masters of the Air” creator John Orloff discusses why the series is character-driven, not […]
Award-winning author Amita Murray discusses the challenges of finding and writing better representation in Regency romance novels.
In this interview, author Gretchen Anthony discusses how her personal year of yes inspired her new novel, Tired Ladies Take a Stand.
Award-winning journalist and author Gina DeMillo Wagner shares five unconventional ways to structure your memoir, including several example memoirs that use these structures.
In this interview, author Katee Robert discusses the process of writing their new romance novel, Blood on the Tide.
Get the tools you need to proceed from where you are with your picture-book project to where you want to go, plus more from Writer's Digest!
Author Caroline Cleveland shares five techniques she's identified that help writers create a strong setting in fiction.
Author and essayist Maggie Hill shares five basketball books for better writing on basketball-related topics, whether it's for fiction, nonfiction, or poetry.
Author Carol Williams shares her top three tips for writing about the supernatural for middle-grade readers.
Speculative fiction turns your "what if" questions into full-fledged narratives. Editor Michael Woodson unpacks speculative fiction and offers a few book recommendations to study its diverse genre offerings.
Author Judith Lindbergh discusses the process of finding herself through the process of writing historical fiction.
Author Debbie Babitt discusses settings that build psychological suspense, including why an off-the-grid motel and a hotel out of season became the most terrifying places on earth.
Founder and Chief Creative Chanda A. Bell of The Lumistella Company (home to The Elf on the Shelf) shares her four keys for turning initial characters into cultural icons.
Author Nancy Chadwick shares how the process of memoir writing broke a barrier for her to write fiction.
In this interview, author Mark Sullivan discusses the best untold story he’d ever heard that led to his new historical fiction novel, All the Glimmering Stars.
The best way to learn how to write a successful query is to read one. In this installment, Literary Agent Daniel Kirschen shares feedback on a query by Myriam Lacroix for her book, How It Works Out (Harry N. Abrams).
Author R.M. Romero shares four tips for how to retell a myth in a fresh way, including several examples by other authors.
In this interview, author Mailan Doquang discusses what surprised her in the writing process of her new thriller novel, Blood Rubies.
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a possibilities poem.
Restaurateur and author Erin Palmisano writes about how she kept her dream of writing fiction alive even after it seemed to stall.
Avid traveler and author Mailan Doquang discusses how settings are not just an interesting backdrop for the characters but an essential element used in pacing fiction.
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about what the local lighthouse has seen.
In this interview, author Monica Wood discusses how a voice from within helped inspire her new novel, How to Read a Book.
Writer-illustrator team Britt Gondolfi and Amanda Romanick share the inspiration behind their picture book that is part poop joke, part urban legend, and part Trojan horse for a discussion about screen time for children and adults.
In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, columnist Leigh Medeiros shows us 5 ways to use comedy in climate screenwriting, catch up on interviews with The Fall Guy screenwriter Drew Pearce, and Tarot filmmakers Anna Halberg and Spenser Cohen.
In this interview, New York Times-bestselling author Samira Ahmed discusses how a simple question helped inspire her new young adult novel, This Book Won’t Burn.
Author Eve J. Chung discusses how finding cover art for her novel helped her connect with her own book on a deeper level and led her to connect with the original artist.
In this interview, author Deepa Rajagopalan discusses the process of writing her debut story collection, Peacocks of Instagram.
Deepen your understanding of and appreciation for voice, plus more from Writer's Digest!
Author Rosie Walker shares four reasons why she plots her books instead of writing by the seat of her pants.
In this interview, author Elle Marr discusses the personal, terrifying experience that inspired her new thriller, The Alone Time.
Whether it's related to the craft of writing or the various publishing and business aspects, Writer's Digest Senior Editor Robert Lee Brewer shares the most important question a writer can ask.
Author and creative writing teacher Steve Almond makes a case for more writers discussing sex and how to write sex scenes without shame.
Author Jack Du Brul shares his thoughts on why research really does matter when it comes to writing fiction.
This month, trained fighter and author Carla Hoch continues her discussion on deceptive language in this second part of a three-part series.
Author and graduate of The French Culinary Institute Rochelle Bilow shares five tips for writing a foodie romance novel your readers will love.
In this interview, internationally bestselling author Eileen Garvin discusses how nature plays an integral part in her life and in her new novel, Crow Talk.
Congratulations to Katie Love, Grand Prize winner of the 4th Annual Writer's Digest Personal Essay Awards. Here's her winning essay, "Killer Punchline: Comedy-Tragedy in the Dating World."
Congratulations to the winners of the 4th annual Writer's Digest Personal Essay Awards!
Author Camille Aubray shares five things she discovered about the Cannes Film Festival while writing her novel, The Girl from the Grand Hotel.
The best way to learn how to write a successful query is to read one. In this installment, Senior Editor Lexy Cassola shares feedback on a query by Heidi Reimer for her book, The Mother Act (Dutton).
In this interview, author Rick Mofina discusses the real-life image that inspired his new thriller, Someone Saw Something.
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a reset poem.
Author Norah Woodsey shares why she chooses to self-publish her writing, including both the risks and rewards of doing so.
Author, editor, and educator Katie M. Flynn shares how the act of getting physically stuck helped unstick her writing.
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, write about someone who has been willed their distant relative's storage unit.
In this interview, author Brydie Lee-Kennedy discusses how one creative endevour led her to writing her debut novel, Go Lightly.
Write a poem every day of April with the 2024 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, we have our fifth (and final) Two-for-Tuesday prompt.
Announcing the winning manuscript and author of the 2023 November Poem-A-Day Chapbook Challenge! Plus, I share four additional finalists and eight honorable mentions.
Author Mariko Turk shares four rules of writing a summer YA love story, along with many reading recommendations (for research and a great summer read).