In this interview, author Julie Buntin discusses how personal questions about identity helped inspire her new novel, Famous Men.
Writing Habits and Practices
Agent in Your Pocket: We’re Mislabeling Burnout
Literary agent Jessica Berg explains how measuring self-worth by output alone can lead authors to burnout.
Author Roger Carlton explores how to write place as character in nonfiction to transform setting from backdrop to narrative force.
In this interview, poet Saturn Browne discusses putting together a chapbook of poems, serving as Connecticut’s Youth Poet Laureate, and more.
Freelance writer Matthew Adams looks at the pros and cons of writing for websites vs. writing for print—from prestige to payment.
Here are the top general resource websites as identified in the 28th Annual 101 Best Websites from the May/June 2026 issue of Writer’s Digest.
Jordan Rosenfeld shares how to make a character’s life harder in ways that make sense to the plot, plus more from Writer’s Digest!
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Writing Habits and Practices
In this article from the January/February 2026 issue of Writer’s Digest, Robert Lee Brewer compiles a list of writerly habits from the many successful authors he has interviewed.
Writing Techniques
Television and theatre writer Arvind Ethan David shares the unexpected challenges and triumphs of switching to novel writing.
Find a Nonfiction Agent
Agent alerts (this one features Grace P. Cho of Embolden Media Group) are great for writers because each agent is building their list.
Mystery/Thriller
In this interview, author Araminta Hall discusses the power imbalance at the core of her new thriller, Unreliable Narrator.
Literary
In this interview, author Aruni Kashyap discusses the decade that went into writing his new novel, How to Date a Fanatic.
Horror
Author Kelly McWilliams examines what climate horror is missing and makes a case for writing historical climate horror.
Character
Author Catherine Hokin discusses how and why to make historical characters meaningful in historical fiction.
Write My Query
Find a query letter to agent Katie Greenstreet (Paper Literary) for Cali Adeline’s debut novel, People Watching in the Desert.
Plot
Author Julie Carrick Dalton explores the power of chiastic storytelling, a type of story where the end circles back to the beginning.
Literary
In this interview, author Alicia Upano discusses borrowing characters from a different story for her debut novel, Everything to the Sea.
Writing Techniques
In a world where the common advice is to simplify your writing, author Marguerite Welch pens an ode to wordiness.
Wednesday Poetry Prompts
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a panic poem.
Character
Author Lo Patrick discusses the troubled nature of most (and maybe all) people and how that’s fertile ground for character creation.
Writing Habits and Practices
Author Nancy West shares 10 things writers should know about all-time bestselling mystery author Agatha Christie
Writing Prompts
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today’s prompt, write about someone who shouldn’t have survived.
Write Better Nonfiction
In this interview, author Heather Hansman discusses writing the book she wanted to read with her new environmental nonfiction book, Fierce Country.
Resources
In this week’s round up from Script magazine, catch up on reviews, learn what works and what doesn’t in recent scripts, and more!
Romance
In this interview, author Chelsea Curto discusses combining her love of weather and storytelling in hew new romance novel, In Stormy Weather.
Resources
Here are the top websites by and about agents as identified in the 28th Annual 101 Best Websites from the May/June 2026 issue of Writer’s Digest.
Resources
Join us July 23-25 for the Writer’s Digest Annual Conference for an entire weekend devoted to craft and community, plus more from Writer’s Digest!
Romance
In this interview, Melissa Marr discusses how her previous success relates to future projects, on running her career as a business, and more.
Interviews/Journalism
Journalist Alison Hill explores how investigation leads to creativity and engagement as a journalist.
Mystery/Thriller
In this interview, author Kelsey Cox discusses cutting an entire POV in the process of writing her new thriller, Pretty Dead Things.
Write Better Nonfiction
Strategies for concealing identities in nonfiction.