Jessica Strawser will help you assess your revision-in-progress and take your draft from rough to ready, plus more from Writer’s Digest!

Author Alysandra Dutton explores The Tiffany Problem that writers must navigate when it comes to writing historical fiction.

Media coach for authors Paula Rizzo shares ten tips for reducing nerves in order to give your best presentation or interview.

WD reconnected with former Breaking In author Evan S. Porter to discuss his latest release, A Last Time for Everything, and what he’s learned since releasing his debut novel.

In this interview, author Isabelle Spotts discusses going from short story writer to novelist with her debut novel, Saint Delilah.

Author Stella Sands shares why she moved from true crime to fiction and how a stand alone book turned into a novel series.

Author De Elizabeth shares her top six tips for writing dark academia, including some recommended reading for writers.

In this interview, author pirateaba discusses the surprising ways staying anonymous impacts the publishing process, and much more.

Award-winning author Leslye Penelope shares five ways for writers to blend genres without losing their readers along the way.

In this interview, author Lisa Roe discusses how a fascination with birth-order theory helped inspire her new novel, Big & Lily.

Author Kathleen Fuller breaks down why low-conflict, high-comfort (or cozy) stories are harder to write than they are to read.

Author Lorelei Brush explains how after a career of answering questions for others she’s been confronted by one as a writer: Memoir or novel?

Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today’s prompt, write a story based on the line “She checked into the honeymoon suite alone.”

In this interview, bestselling author Hannah Whitten discusses the differences between creating a fantasy world and the modern world with her new horror novel, Reliquary.

Bestselling author Vanessa Miller reveals how writers can unearth overlooked histories for fiction to find emotional truths.

Author Clay McLeod Chapman breaks down the similarities and differences of writing desire and dread in horror fiction.

Author James Alfie shares why a contemporary artist believes a great idea doesn’t care what form it lives in, even a picture book.

In this interview, author S.C. Godfrey discusses writing her new globe-trotting, puzzle-solving thriller, The Enigma Challenge.

Here are the top job and market websites as identified in the 28th Annual 101 Best Websites from the May/June 2026 issue of Writer’s Digest.

Join us in Italy in the spring of 2027 for another week-long writing retreat, plus more from Writer’s Digest!

In this interview, author Kat Sloane discusses the friends-to-lovers trope in her new romance novel, The Matchmaker’s Cottage.

Author Jean Trounstine shares why she turned to fiction to tell the truth about a real-life murder by a warden.

Author Traci Saulsberry shares five tips for writing a different type of rom-com, one in which you end up with yourself.

Five zero-draft tricks to ensure tight pacing.