5-Minute Memoir is exactly what it sounds like—a personal essay on some facet of the writing life, be it a narrative or a reflection, pensive, touching or hilarious. Enjoy this installment from Barbara Neal Varma.

Debut author Christina Wyman discusses how getting out of her own way led to her authorial success.

Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write a missing poem.

You have an idea for a nonfiction book. Now what? Author Rick Lauber shares how outlining before writing can help you decide what to put on the page—and what to save for later.

Every writer needs a little inspiration once and a while. For today's prompt, your character finds something unusual.

Historical fiction author Caroline Beecham discusses the trials of organizing her latest novel, When We Meet Again, and what she found that works.

For this market spotlight, we look at Viva Editions, a book publisher that strives to publish nonfiction books that inform, enlighten, and entertain.

Enter Now! Deadline: November 15, 2021. Writer’s Digest’s competition for short fiction. Send us your best...in 1,500 words or fewer.

Learn when to use who's, Whos, and whose with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.

Copywriting principles to apply to any form, from marketing to personal essays.

Find out what a blurb is when it comes to publishing and why writers should care about them.

This week, we’re excited to announce deadlines for several competitions—including our Poetry Awards—as well as classes on writing the middle-grade book, and more!

Writer's Digest Annual Conference will be virtual, July 22-24, 2021. WD Editor-in-Chief, Amy Jones, share 6 reasons why you should attend.

In this week’s round-up brought to us by ScriptMag.com, learn how the hit television series “24” was developed and soon influenced contemporary events in America and beyond. Plus, movie reviews, when to abandon a current work in progress to start a new idea, and how to handcraft theme.

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 writers make is trying to shock without value.

Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the Burns stanza (or standard habbie), a form popularized by Scottish poet Robert Burns.

New York Times bestselling author Katie Crouch discusses how she combined both personal experience and research when it came to the setting of her newest release, Embassy Wife.

Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, have a character join another character on a trip.

Middle-grade author Payal Doshi discusses a lack of diversity in children's books and how her latest release, Rea and the Blood of the Nectar, is working to correct that.

New York Times-bestselling novelist Chris Bohjalian talks about working with the right editor, how he finds the perfect ending for each novel, and the inspiration for his new historical thriller, Hour of the Witch.

In a craft and business as subjective as writing, there’s no clear finish line to let you know when you’ve arrived. Let editor Tiffany Yates Martin give you some tips for knowing when your manuscript is ready.

Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write an audio poem.

Author Rajani LaRocca shares how she went from selling one middle-grade novel to releasing six books in a single year.