The Writer’s Perspective

Hi Writers,Welcome to my month-long journey through the WD archives, in which I’m posting (almost) daily offerings from the history of our magazine. There’s no rhyme or reason to my choices. As … Read more

Hi Writers,Managing Editor Kara Gebhart Uhl here—Maria and Brian are wrapped up in HTML coding right now, gussying up our new website for its upcoming launch. So I took a break from … Read more

Hi Writers,Today’s exhibit from the WD archives, typing which put me in the mood to write very stream-of-conscious and use lots of run on sentences, is by everyone’s favorite beatnik, Jack Kerouac, … Read more

Hi Writers,Welcome to the archives of March, in which I’m posting an excerpt a day (more or less) throughout March. Today’s exhibit: A brief but exquisite excerpt from a February 1976 WD … Read more

Hi Writers,It’s the 2nd week in my archival excavations and I’m beginning to worry, just a little, about booklice … but it’s well worth it for all the great stuff I’ve been … Read more

Hi Writers,Today’s exhibit in my month-long dive into the Writer’s Digest archives is a Q&A with screenwriter Rod Serling. This ran a year before The Twilight Zone debuted on network TV. I … Read more

Hi Writers,I’m dedicating the month of March to my excavations of the Writer’s Digest archives. Today’s exhibit: this excerpt from a 1931 piece by Erle Stanley Gardner, author of the Perry Mason … Read more

Hi Writers,I have a confession: I don’t really think about the official demographic data when putting together the editorial content for Writer’s Digest. I prefer to think our magazine appeals to writers … Read more