Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, have your characters hatch a plan and then completely abandon it.

When writers receive notes on what to change to their stories, losing your voice as a writer is a common and understandable concern. Here, author Anat Deracine shares how to maintain your voice during the editing process.

New York Times bestselling author Jessica Clare discusses the decade of conjuring and writing her new paranormal romantic comedy, Go Hex Yourself.

Write a poem every day of April with the 2022 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a sound poem.

In this post, learn what contronym is, including the definition of a contronym and example contronyms.

When the drafts are done, writers must wear a different hat in order to get our stories in front of our intended audiences. Here, writer Aileen Weintraub shares 8 steps for writing a pitch letter to market your book after it’s accepted.

Bestselling author Ron Corbett discusses the way his characters evolved throughout the writing process of his new mystery novel, The Sweet Goodbye.

Write a poem every day of April with the 2022 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a six words poem.

In the fourth episode of the Writer's Digest Presents podcast, we talk about poetry before Senior Editor Robert Lee Brewer has a conversation with four poets about poetry.

Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, a photography student is about to uncover something...unusual.

ENTER NOW!  Deadline: 5/2/22 Writer’s Digest’s Self-Published Book Awards is currently accepting submissions. This is the only Writer’s Digest competition exclusively for self-published books.

Emmy-nominated writer Sascha Rothchild discusses how her late-night mind wandering led her to the premise of her new suspense novel, Blood Sugar.

Write a poem every day of April with the 2022 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt (the first Two-for-Tuesday prompt of the month), write a what's there and/or what's not there poem.

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, learn how the NAACP mobilized in 1915 to protest the showing of D.W. Griffith’s film The Birth of a Nation, interviews with independent filmmakers on character development and writing to theme, and more!

When two genres collide, they reveal just how similar they can be. Here, author Anna Lee Huber explains how and why she blends mystery and romance in her fiction.

Write a poem every day of April with the 2022 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a We Blank poem.

Family relationships make for compelling stories with characters rich in nuance and personal history. Here, author Juliet Blackwell shares ways to explore the complexities of family in fiction.

This week, we’re excited to announce our May/June magazine cover reveal, our new “Your Story” prompt, and more!

Write a poem every day of April with the 2022 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a mad poem.

In this post, we answer the question of what are tropes in writing, and we look at a few examples to help show what tropes are and whether they're good or bad.

Bestselling author Robert Whitlow talks about how he combines writing what he knows with writing what he’s passion about—faith and law—and how his characters get to that crossroad.

Write a poem every day of April with the 2022 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a touch poem.

New York Times-bestselling YA author Maggie Stiefvater discusses the boundaries between truthfulness and lies when it comes to myths, narrators, and her latest release, Mister Impossible.

Debut novelist Adam Oyebanji shares how the narrative arc of a writer's life can often resemble a tale told by an idiot, even when the ultimate result is publishing success.