How to create the scaffolding readers need to enter your story.

Award-winning journalist Jennifer van der Kleut shares four tips for giving a thriller the relentless pace and gripping tension it needs.

Bestselling author Sarah E. Ladd shares tips on how to write when procrastination gets in the way, including why it’s part of the process.

Author Manish Chauhan shares four pieces of advice for writing about people from different cultures that honor the characters and story.

Author Michelle Maryk breaks down how improv has made her a better writer and how it can work for others as well.

In this interview, author Johnny Compton discusses the changes that took place in the 15 years since he first had the idea for his new horror mystery novel, Dead First.

Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a “(blank) Again” poem.

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

Bestselling author Janie Chang shares five common mistakes writers make when writing historical fiction, along with some suggested fixes.

Author Saratoga Schaefer shares how the idea of tradwives and social media (and an egg apron) inspired their recent horror novel.

In this interview, author Yosha Gunasekera discusses how a cab-ride home from night court helped inspire her debut mystery novel, The Midnight Taxi.

Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge. For today’s prompt, write about a one-year anniversary.

In this interview, author Carmella Lowkis discusses the biography that inspired her new historical gothic romance, A Slow and Secret Poison.

Get each week started on the right foot with Get Started Right Writing Tasks. For this week’s task, write about a weird habit or tradition.

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

Author Brian Raftery collects a tongue-in-cheek list of productivity tips writers can learn from Thomas Harris’ Hannibal Lecter character.

It’s time to re-enter your manuscript with clarity, momentum, and purpose, plus more from Writer’s Digest!

In this interview, author Ashley Bennett discusses how a self-published novella turned into her debut romance novel, Muscles & Monsters.

Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge. Today’s prompt is to write someone stuck in a memory.

Author R. K. Harrington discusses what suspense and sex scenes have in common, including sweaty palms, fluttering stomach, and more.

Author Lisa Graff shares her strategy for writing “heavy” books for children, including a topic that she avoided taking head on…until now.

Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge. Today’s prompt is to write about someone learning what love looks like.

Author Matt Fogelson discusses writing about fatherhood, grief, and more to find the emotional center of a memoir.

This month, trained fighter and author Carla Hoch moves through the body to share strikes that aren’t punches and kicks.