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Editor Michael Woodson discusses the creative benefits of shifting to short story writing when you’re in the middle of your novel draft.
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Author Sophia Payne shares some of her experiences with racism as a child and how she works to fight against that in picture books.
In this interview, author Nell Stevens discusses the pendulum of mystery in her new novel, The Original.
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Every Wednesday, poets from around the world can find a Wednesday Poetry Prompt at Writer’s Digest. This week, write a better poem.