Award-winning author Tracy Clark takes a look at what happens when the helpers need help by destigmatizing mental health through fiction.

Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today’s prompt, write about someone who is learning to drive.

Author Annie Cardi shares five tips on how to craft a Shakespearean retelling that thrills and delights teen readers.

Author Rebekah Faubion discusses the thin line between horror and romance, including the commonalities in both.

In this interview, Liza Anderson discusses how following her obsessions led her to write her debut novel, We Who Have No Gods.

Get each week started on the right foot with Get Started Right Writing Tasks. For this week’s task, identify your target audience.

Learn how agents actually read the query letters they receive, what makes them keep going, plus more from Writer’s Digest!

Award-winning journalist and bestselling novelist Bob Reiss breaks down the differences between storytelling in fiction and nonfiction.

In this interview, author Julian Winters discusses writing his version of a coming out story with his new romance, Last First Kiss.

In this interview, NC Youth Poet Laureate Rishi Janakiraman discusses youth poetry anthologies, literary criticism, and more.

Author and former Wall Street executive Kristine Delano shares seven and a half ways to use real-world expertise to build authentic suspense.

Award-winning author Sarah Branson shares seven common character arc problems and how to fix them in stories.

In this interview, author Melissa Faliveno discusses the similarities and differences between her nonfiction writing and her new literary novel, Hemlock.

When times are turbulent, pinpointing why your work matters to yourself and to readers can provide the motivation you need to keep putting words on the page.

In this interview, author Rebecca Wait discusses the character-driven way the plot evolved in writing her new novel, Cry Havoc.

Author Kelly Scarborough shares how the power of presence helped her unlock the souls of her historical fiction characters.

Nurse and author Karen Winn discusses how her work as a nurse and a novelist have helped feed each other in productive ways.

Find Malcolm Kempt’s successful query to agent Gideon Pine for his debut novel, A Gift Before Dying, along with commentary on what worked.

In this interview, author Ryan Collett discusses how London’s 2020 shutdown helped inspire his new novel, George Falls Through Time.

Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a food poem.

Bestselling author Vincent Ralph shares his experience writing and releasing two books simultaneously to kick off a new series.

In the fifth season premiere of the Writer’s Digest Presents podcast, editor Michael Woodson and literary agent Allegra Martschenko tackle writing the perfect ending.

Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today’s prompt, write about a hero returning home.

In this interview, author John Sayles discusses writing and researching concurrently for his new novel, Crucible.