Author Kirsten Kaschock shares five tips on resurrecting a dead draft and advises writers to tap into their inner mad scientist.

In this interview, author Mimi Nichter discusses how revisiting her memories through writing helped her write her new memoir, Hostage.

Author Rosie Walker shares how her experiment to reverse-engineer a thriller led to a failed plot, but then eventually to a new novel.

Author Victoria Dillon shares a few lessons she’s picked up about dealing with criticism and rejection on her publishing journey.

Author A. Natasha Joukovsky has assembled six serious tips for writing a comic novel that falls within the recommended word count.

Co-authors Colleen Coble and Rick Acker share how writing a trilogy with the end in mind involves telling four stories in three books.

Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today’s prompt, write about a jigsaw puzzle.

In this interview, author Robbie Couch discusses the freedom and anxiety of going from YA to his first novel for adults, Bloom.

Author Shelley Noble makes a case for using multiple point of view characters to create a fully developed historical setting.

In this week’s round up from Script magazine, learn how to increase the excitement with limited locations in your screenplay, and more.

In this interview, author Elizabeth Arnott discusses empowering forgotten victims of violent men in her new crime novel, The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives.

Get each week started on the right foot with Get Started Right Writing Tasks. For this week’s task, write about a vulnerable moment.

Author Jill Christman discusses a method of sailing to help guide writers through the difficult process of writing against the wind.

Jane Friedman shares with authors how to focus their book marketing on their own strengths, plus more from Writer’s Digest!

Announcing the 19th annual April Poem-A-Day Challenge! Here are the guidelines for this fun poeming challenge starting on April 1.

Julie Ann Sipos, grand-prize winner of the 33rd Annual WD Self-Published Book Awards, on how her career in Hollywood influences her writing style and her business strategy as an indie author.

Congratulations to all the winners of the 33rd Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards! Read an interview with the Grand Prize-winning author Julie Ann Sipos in the March/April 2026 issue.

In this interview, author Ahmad Saber discusses how an agent’s “revise and resubmit” led to a book deal for his debut novel, Ramin Abbas Has MAJOR Questions.

Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge. Today’s prompt is to write about an aftermath.

Humor columnist Karim Shamsi-Basha reveals five steps to write funny nonfiction, including the importance of tension, revision, and more.

Debut authors: How they did it, what they learned, and why you can do it, too.

In this interview, author Devon Mihesuah discusses breaking stereotypes about Native people in her new novel, Blood Relay.

Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge. Today’s prompt is to write about waking up.

Author Sofia Robleda shares the differences between releasing her debut and her sophomore novel, including intentional changes she made.