In this interview, author Nicola Harrison discusses how multiple POVs added complexity to her new historical novel, The Island Club.

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

Author Sarah Hanson shares why she decided to write her memoir in verse after struggling to follow a traditional prose format.

Clay Stafford has a conversation with bestselling author Allen Eskens on building suspense through structure, character, and time.

Jane Friedman walks us through how to research agents and publishers to evaluate fit and reputation, plus more from Writer’s Digest!

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

Deanna Martinez-Bey dives into sleep deprivation and creativity, and why writers absolutely need rest to write well.

As a mother and daughter on opposite sides of the desk, Novelist Wanda M. Morris and Senior Editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Alexandra Hightower shed light on the publishing industry and what they’ve learned from each other.

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

Learn when to use lean vs. lien in your writing with Grammar Rules from the Writer’s Digest editors, including a few examples.

Stephanie Hope elaborates on writing between cultures and how it impacted her process of crafting romance through a Cuban-American lens.

Debut authors: How they did it, what they learned, and why you can do it, too.

In this interview, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jayne Anne Phillips discusses writing about the coming-of-age in the 1970s with her new memoir, Small Town Girls.

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

Author Joseph Moldover explains the importance of crossing boundaries in fiction and how it may involve writing what you don’t know.

Nicole Hackett left her pre-publication meeting needing a book marketing machine to promote her novel; enter her town’s Facebook mom group.

In this interview, author Caroline Bicks discusses the archives that led to her new biography, Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King.

In this Q&A with Sonja Livingston, winner of the 6th annual WD Personal Essay Awards, she shares the inspiration for the essay and her drafting process.

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

Bestselling author Bonnie Friedman explains why writing big flat characters in fiction can make stories better and more memorable.

Freelance writer Matthew Adams explains how to break into sports writing by looking at the different types of sports articles.

Congratulations to Sonja Livingston, Grand Prize winner of the 6th Annual Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards. Here’s her winning essay, “How to Read Your Work Aloud: A Ten Point List.”

In this interview, author Amanda Sellet discusses mixing cozy mystery and romance in her new YA novel, Flirting with Murder.

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