Interested in telling a story through illustration? Cartoonist Will McPhail shares seven tips for writing an impactful cartoon that are both helpful and hilarious.

Author James J. Butcher discusses the trope he wanted to do without in his debut novel, Dead Man’s Hand.

Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, have a character accomplish a goal that makes things worse.

Write a drabble—a short story of exactly 100 words—based on the photo prompt below. You can be funny, poignant, witty, etc.; it is, after all, your story.

Where writing advice and life advice intersect, our writing lives are more satisfying. Here, author Rita Zoey Chin shares seven writing tips that also apply to life.

Go deeper into your character’s thoughts with these tips on using internal dialogue from author Audrey Wick.

Award-winning author Christopher David Rosales shares strategies and examples for infusing your fiction with real culture the reader can feel.

Announcing the Nov/Dec 2022 issue of Writer's Digest featuring an interview with Ian McEwan about his new novel, Lessons, and articles about writing endings.

Keep your readers burning the midnight oil with these 10 dos and don’ts for writing page-turning thriller novels from Publishers Weekly bestselling author Jenna Kernan.

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 break poem.

Award-winning author Raquel V. Reyes discusses the necessary growth happening in the publishing industry and offers 5 tips to bring your culture and heritage to your story with confidence.

Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, a child considers themselves too mature for the usual family tradition.

Award-winning author James Wade discusses the process of transforming an early short story into his new literary novel, Beasts of the Earth.

New York Times bestselling author April Henry wrote her first story in sixth grade and sent it to one of her favorite authors, Roald Dahl. His response and support impacted how she encourages her students today. Here, she explains how Roald Dahl helped her become a writer.

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, Dr. Format is back giving writers clarity on best practices for when and when not to use parentheticals in dialogue.

Speaker and author Romal Tune discusses the healing nature of his new nonfiction book, I Wish My Dad.

Writer and musician Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch discusses how her life’s passions led to her guidebook-memoir hybrid, Declassified.

This week, we're excited to announce our Poetry Awards deadline, six WDU courses, and more!

In this post, we look at what a novella is in literature and writing, including what makes it different from other types of fiction writing, examples of effective novellas, and more.

Bestselling author A.K. Mulford discusses the real-world places she’s lived that helped inspire her new LGBTQ+ fantasy novel, The Rogue Crown.

Killer Nashville founder Clay Stafford has a conversation with award-winning mystery novelist Dr. Alexia Gordon about making time to write, composing with paper and pencil, and working in biodefense.

Trained fighter and author Carla Hoch explains why focusing on point of view in your fight scenes is better for your sensory details than having firsthand knowledge of complicated fight sequences.

Prepare for the 15th annual November PAD Chapbook Challenge! Visit WritersDigest.com each day of November to get a prompt and write a poem. Then, use December and the beginning of January to revise and collect your poems into a chapbook manuscript.

Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, have a character make a bad choice.