Bonus WD Interview Outtakes: Jane Green and Freya North
Here, in these responses we didn’t have space to print, Green and North discuss some differences between publishing overseas and stateside.
Bonus Tips: Artists on the Creative Process
The notion that we humans can create something out of nothing—whether a novel, a song, a painting or a recipe for vegan chili—is fascinating and just a little bit magical.
Lisa Gardner: Bonus WD Interview Outtakes
These bonus WD Interview outtakes we didn’t have space to print delve deeper into research, crafting a story without an outline, and giving readers what they want.
Jonathan Maberry: Bonus Interview Outtakes
In these outtakes from our July/August 2016 issue, the bestselling writer reveals the process of putting together a series, compiling anthologies, and why readers love to be scared.
Rainbow Rowell: Bonus Interview Outtakes
In these outtakes from our May/June 2016 issue, the bestselling writer talks about how her beginnings as a journalist influence her fiction—and how she recently came to apply her novel-writing skills to a screenplay.
Online Exclusive: More Insider’s Guides for 101 Best Websites
Insider’s Guide: Make a Living Writing (makealivingwriting.com) Award-winning freelance writer Carol Tice’s mission is to help writers earn more money for their work. Read the site’s many free expert articles and sign up for her free e-book, 100+ Freelance Writing Questions, Answered. (Courses and mentor programs are also available for a...
Mapping the Journey: Christopher Paolini Shares Early Map Drafts
f Christopher Paolini’s novel-framing maps from the March/April issue have you wanting to chart your own story, you’re in luck. Gain more insight into the process with a special look at Paolini’s early drafts.
Even True Stories Must End
In “Goodbye to All That,” (from the March/April issue of Writer's Digest), The Deep End of the Ocean author Jacquelyn Mitchard looks closely at how we can arrive at the best possible endings for our fictional stories. In this bonus online sidebar, she offers insight into how these approaches apply to...
David Baldacci: Bonus Interview Outtakes
While many authors struggle to find time to write, for David Baldacci it’s more of a struggle to find time to do something other than write—and an unwelcome one at that, as there’s clearly nothing he’d rather be doing. Since splashing onto the scene with the 1996 Presidential thriller Absolute Power...
Get into Character with Robert Dugoni
As his newest novels, My Sister’s Grave and Her Final Breath, explode in popularity, suspense novelist Robert Dugoni delves into the craft and shares his own techniques for crafting characters.
Straight Talk With Dennis Lehane
The Mystic River novelist’s latest trilogy—which begins in early 20th-century Boston—concluded this year with World Gone By (WD Interview, Page 46). In our online-exclusive outtakes, he discusses writing truthful fiction about real-life historical figures, racism and other issues of the times.
How to Reach Young Readers: Rachel Renée Russell’s WD Interview Outtakes
In our bonus Q&A online, Dork Diaries author Rachel Renée Russell discusses getting an agent, connecting with her audience, and more.
Series Author Roundtable: Setting As Character
What are real secrets to writing successful series novels? We brought together four bestsellers across a spectrum of genres to find out. The idea of writing a series is tempting. After all, it seems as though half the bestsellers on today’s bookshelves are new installments in popular series—books that are all...