For the 2025 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets write a poem a day in the month of November. Day 17 is to write a trope poem.

Scientist and poet Edward Nudelman dives into the relationship of poetry, passion, and physics (and the sciences) with poetic examples.

Start the new year with an exclusive virtual conference for novel writers, plus more from Writer’s Digest!

For the 2025 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets write a poem a day in the month of November. Day 16 is to write a possible poem.

In this interview, poet Jaiden Geolingo discusses the writing process for his chapbook collection, serving as an editor, and more.

For the 2025 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets write a poem a day in the month of November. Day 15 is to write a monster poem.

Maintain your productivity and passion with these 7 tips from Paula Rizzo for organizing your writing side hustle.

Television writer and author Elliott Kalan explains why humor writers should farm for jokes, including a three-step process for doing it.

I have a confession to make: I’m an accidental memoirist. Writing a memoir was never on my career roadmap or vision board. I’ve always considered myself an essayist and a…

In this interview, New York Times-bestselling author Anne Bishop discusses the process of building a new world and characters in her new fantasy novel, Turns of Fate.

For the 2025 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets write a poem a day in the month of November. Day 14 is to write a who blank poem.

In this interview, author Cullen Bunn discusses the differences between his work in comic books and his new horror novel, Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World.

For the 2025 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets write a poem a day in the month of November. Day 13 is to write a dialogue poem.

Career freelance writer and copywriter Robert W. Bly discusses the concept of “client-less” copywriting and how it can be problematic.

Presenting the 2026 edition of the Writer’s Yearbook, presented by Writer’s Digest magazine, featuring an all new Freelancer’s Rate Chart.

Debut author Rona Wang reveals how she landed an agent with one query and manuscript, but then ultimately published a different one.

In this interview, author Grace Helena Walz discusses how the editing process helped evolve her new novel, Good Hair Days.

For the 2025 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets write a poem a day in the month of November. Day 12 is to pick a color and write a poem.

Author J.D. Mathes shares the importance of writing through the troubled moments of our lives to find healing for ourselves and others.

Self-published author Leigh M. Hall shares how she got started and found success in self-publishing, despite being an introvert.

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

In this interview, author Ann Packer discusses the warm and safe experience of working with the publishing team on her new novel, Some Bright Nowhere.

For the 2025 November PAD Chapbook Challenge, poets write a poem a day in November. Day 11 is to write a poetic form and/or anti-form poem.

Author Rachel J. Lithgow reveals her struggle to break a cycle of abuse between her and her books, the ones she can’t quite finish…or quit.