Author Tara Dorabji discusses the journey of her debut award-winning novel, including the perseverance of many rejections and the research to help write authentic characters and situations.

In this interview, author Jillian Meadows discusses the differences between self-publishing and traditionally publishing her romance novel, Give Me Butterflies.

Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write an appraisal poem.

Neuroscientist and international speaker TJ Power shares how the DOSE (Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, Endorphins) Effect can improve your writing and publishing habits.

Award-winning author C.J. Cook shares his process for writing multiple award-winning biographies of artists, along with three tips for your own writing.

Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, set your story during the coldest day of the year.

In this interview, author Nancy Reddy discusses how allowing herself to draft imperfectly reflects the argument in her new book, The Good Mother Myth.

Author J.W. Jarvis discusses fan fiction generally while also sharing how he used fan fiction to create his own new characters.

Collected here is one piece of advice for writers from 35 different nonfiction authors featured in our author spotlight series in 2024, including Yasmine Cheyenne, Will Cockrell, Zipora Klein Jacob, Theodore Pappas, Chimene Suleyman, Jerald Walker, and more.

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, writing coach Jenna Avery responds to a reader whether to give up on their script or not.

In this interview, author Laurie L. Dove discusses how her own lived experience helped inspire her debut novel, Mask of the Deer Woman.

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In this interview, author Tao Leigh Goffe discusses how an email out of the blue led her to write her new book, Dark Laboratory.

Award-winning author Lucian Childs discusses the tricky act of mining our memories for fiction while also avoiding sentimentality, including five strategies for making it work.

The Writer's Digest team has witnessed many writing mistakes over the years, so we started this series to help identify them for other writers (along with correction strategies). This week's writing mistake is writing like a publisher.

Award-winning author Zeeva Bukai shares five storytelling elements that have helped her add subtext and dramatic tension to her writing, including examples of adding subtext in fiction.

In this interview, author Megan Collins discusses the surprising amount of fun she’s had promoting her new thriller, Cross My Heart.

Author Deanna Martinez-Bey shares how to find strength in rejection by turning setbacks into success as a writer.

Author Liza Monroy discusses why writers shouldn't fear being distracted. Rather, they should embrace it.

Bestselling author Erika Swyler discusses how allegory is "a vital form for political critique, an elegant genre in its own right, and a reliable engine for the novel."

In this interview, author Edward Underhill discusses how wanting to go back in time inspired his new LGBTQ+ magical realism novel, The In-Between Bookstore.

Bestselling author Jennifer Moorman explores the concept of regret and redemption in literature.

Author Bridey Thelen-Heidel shares her experience of leveraging a lifetime of connections to sell out her book before it even launched, including specific things she did to help her book find success.

In this interview, author Julia Bryan Thomas discusses how the years that immediately followed WWII helped inspired her new historical fiction novel, The Kennedy Girl.