This week, we're excited to announce our self-published e-book awards, 6 WDU courses, and more!

Award-winning playwright and author Leah Franqui discusses how she examined her life through a fictive lens with her new novel, After the Hurricane.

Trained fighter and author Carla Hoch discusses how to pace your story's fight scene and shares three examples from writers who tackle pacing differently.

The Writer's Digest team has witnessed many writing mistakes over the years, so this series helps identify them for other writers (along with correction strategies). This week's mistake is rushing the drafting process.

USA Today bestselling author Kwana Jackson discusses writing her new romance novel, Knot Again.

Killer Nashville founder Clay Stafford continues his conversation with novelist Jaden Terrell about writer expectations and success.

Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, have an antagonist reappear.

Award-winning author Karen Rose discusses the surprising joy of secondary characters in her new romantic suspense novel, Quarter to Midnight.

Tapping into universal human emotions, doing lots of research, knowing the ending to your story before you start, and more—author Elizabeth Raum shares how to make middle-grade novels believable.

Emmy® Award-winning talk show host Tamron Hall discusses how her decades as a reporter led to writing her new thriller novel, As the Wicked Watch.

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 "Noun of Place" poem.

Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, set your story on a brand new world.

Author Emiko Jean discusses the seed of an idea that became her new novel, Mika in Real Life.

Debut novelist Sarah Zachrich Jeng discusses the process of writing her thriller novel, The Other Me.

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, learn five simple but invaluable lessons to make readers’ lives a bit easier and make your script a smoother read.

What makes second chance romance so enticing to read and challenging to write? Author Kerry Winfrey offers 3 tips for writing a second chance romance.

This week, we're excited to announce 6 WDU courses, a chance to be published, and more!

After 30 years as a travel writer, Mark Chesnut spent his days exploring the world and writing about what he saw. Here, he shares 6 things his career as a travel writer taught him about writing his first memoir.

Where does inspiration come from? Author Melissa Dassori shares what helped inspire her debut middle-grade novel, and offers four ways to dig for ideas for your own stories.

Matt & Harrison Query discuss the short story origins that led to their new horror novel, Old Country.

Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, have your character show mercy.

Filling your book with realistic friendships can offer your main characters fresh perspectives on the story's core plot. Here, author Danielle Jackson shares tips for creating memorable friends for main characters.

Lawyer and writer Lane Clarke discusses how she gave her past self a happier ending with her debut novel, Love Times Infinity.

Journalist and Emmy-nominated producer Alison Hill shares some of the best journalism associations for writers to consider joining to start finding more success with their writing and networking efforts.