Write a poem a day with poets from around the world for the 2026 April PAD Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a friend poem.

Jenine Pastores and Josh Jackson share their personal story of creating comfort characters in an overstimulated world.

In this interview, author Jenny Lawson discusses the lifetime of collecting motivational tips and tricks that led to her new memoir, How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay.

Write a poem a day with poets from around the world for the 2026 April PAD Challenge. For today’s prompt, write an “Open (blank)” poem.

Award-winning author and podcaster Debra Eckerling shares 10 LinkedIn goals for authors to raise their profiles.

Author Fartumo Kusow shares two very big pitfalls to avoid when writing about trauma and how she navigated around them.

In this interview, author Sheila Yasmin Marikar discusses the ups and downs of marriage and adulthood in her new novel, Incidentals.

Write a poem a day with poets from around the world for the 2026 April PAD Challenge. For today’s prompt, write an express poem.

Author Garrett Curbow breaks down magical realism in storytelling by using his own novel as a guide to adding magic between the lines.

Literary agent Sheyla Knigge is all about vibes and one of the best ways to capture it is through creating the soundtrack to your book.

Author Laura Brooke Robson breaks down the turbulence of writing books in the age of AI and proposes the answer may be to write weirder.

In this interview, author Luke Dumas discusses trusting his storytelling instincts when writing his new horror novel, Nothing Tastes as Good.

Write a poem a day with poets from around the world for the 2026 April PAD Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a seed poem.

Author Mark Lawrence shares two major keys to writing description in fiction that psychologically hooks readers and builds characters.

Author Georgia McVeigh shares her experience of writing a debut novel and breaks down her expectations versus reality.

Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today’s prompt, write about something going wrong at a high-end health spa.

In this interview, author Lisa Lee discusses the decade that went into the writing and publishing of her debut novel, American Han.

Award-winning author Tamika Thompson shares the phenomenon of when life haunts art and how to respond when what you wrote actually happens.

Get each week started on the right foot with Get Started Right Writing Tasks. For this week’s task, check in on your writing goals.

In this week’s round up from Script magazine, take note of our favorites from 2026 SXSW film festival, and more!

In this interview, author Corey Ann Haydu discusses processing new parenthood in writing her first novel for adults, Mothers and Other Strangers.

Deanna Martinez-Bey shares the importance of creating a writer’s joy list, as well as the steps needed to effectively create and use one.

Award-winning historian and author Jan Cigliano Hartman discusses the role of US Presidential speechwriters over American history.

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