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Adrienne Crezo

Adrienne Crezo is the former managing editor of Writer's Digest magazine. Follow her on Twitter @a_crezo.

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Writer’s Digest Magazine September 2015 Online Exclusives

Bonus WD Interview Outtakes: Jane Smiley

By Adrienne Crezo
Writer's Digest Magazine July/August 2015 Online Exclusives

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

By Adrienne Crezo
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My Writing Wife: The Unusual Writing Partnership of Dylan Landis and Heather Sellers

By Adrienne Crezo
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7 Things I've Learned So Far, by Jill Kelly

By Adrienne Crezo
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7 Things I've Learned So Far, by Ann Weisgarber

By Adrienne Crezo
Lisa Freeman
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7 Things I’ve Learned So Far, by Lisa Freeman

By Adrienne Crezo
Erin Kelly
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest

Tips for the Writer With No Routine

By Adrienne Crezo
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12 Workplace Skills to Apply to Your Writing Career

By Adrienne Crezo
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Call for Submissions: Reject a Hit

By Adrienne Crezo
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In Defense of the Flibbertigibbet: The Questions That Made Me a Writer

By Adrienne Crezo
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Dorothy Parker's Lessons in Self-Doubt

By Adrienne Crezo
Your Story Competition

Your Story 65: Winner!

By Adrienne Crezo
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How to Research Your Crime Novel

By Adrienne Crezo
Photo by Lindsay Hiatt Photography (lindsayhiattphotography.com)
Your Story Competition

Your Story 64: Winners!

By Adrienne Crezo
WD Magazine Online Exclusives

Help for Goodreads Authors

By Adrienne Crezo
WD Magazine Online Exclusives

Your Website Made Easy

By Adrienne Crezo
Writing the Unlikable Character (and Why You Should)
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Writing the Unlikeable Character (and Why You Should)

By Adrienne Crezo
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Go There: Lessons In Writing From Dear Old Dad

By Adrienne Crezo
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There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest

Interview: Joe Hill on HORNS, NOS4A2 and Stephen King

By Adrienne Crezo
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Your Story Competition

Your Story 63: Winners

By Adrienne Crezo
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WD Magazine Online Exclusives

Throw a Revision Party

By Adrienne Crezo
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Writer's Digest Magazine January 2015 Online Exclusives

Series Author Roundtable: Setting As Character

By Adrienne Crezo
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A Book in 30 Days: What Writers Can Learn From Rapid Publishing

By Adrienne Crezo
"Gray tabby Lucy" by Andrei P on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/andreipapaz/)
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Cats, Wives and Videotape: Survey Reveals What Really Distracts NaNoWriMo Participants

By Adrienne Crezo
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The Art and Craft of Wasting Time in 20 Quotes

By Adrienne Crezo
15 Oscar Wilde Quotes About Reading, Writing, and Books
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15 Oscar Wilde Quotes About Reading, Writing, and Books

By Adrienne Crezo
WD Magazine Online Exclusives

Correction: October 2014 Issue, “Find Your Agent Match”

By Adrienne Crezo
Writer’s Digest Magazine November/December 2014 Online Exclusives

John Sandford: Bonus WD Interview Outtakes

By Adrienne Crezo
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Writing What You Don't Know: Tips for Telling Another Person's Story

By Adrienne Crezo
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Take Action: How I Overcame Writer's Block

By Adrienne Crezo
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The 5 Attributes of a Successful Ghostwriter

By Adrienne Crezo
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5 Lessons I Learned In the Decade It Took to Publish a Second Novel

By Adrienne Crezo
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Interviews

How to Break the Rules of Writing (& More) According to Bestselling YA author Ransom Riggs

By Adrienne Crezo
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An Intimate Look at Working with an Editor

By Adrienne Crezo
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Shark Week Is for Readers, Too: 10+ Books to Read this Week

By Adrienne Crezo
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3 Tips for Writing on a Deadline

By Adrienne Crezo
The Rules of Writing According to 20 Famous Writers
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The Rules of Writing According to 20 Famous Writers

By Adrienne Crezo
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Dorothy Parker: Missed Deadlines, Unfulfilled Contracts and Wrong Words

By Adrienne Crezo
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An Idea a Day: August 2014

By Adrienne Crezo
Original photo by Greg Lloyd 1969, used with permission. Via Wikimedia Commons
Writer’s Digest Magazine September 2014 Online Exclusives

8 Online Resources for Historical Research

By Adrienne Crezo
"Macbook Writing" by Håkan Dahlström Photography (Creative Commons)
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Jump-Start Your Next Story with Two Truths and a Lie

By Adrienne Crezo
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3 Ways to Save Your Backstory from the Cutting Room Floor

By Adrienne Crezo
18 Quotes for Writers from Ernest Hemingway
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18 Quotes for Writers from Ernest Hemingway

By Adrienne Crezo
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Prompt: Write the #WorstTweet Ever

By Adrienne Crezo
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A Writer Never Averts Her Eyes: On Killing My Father

By Adrienne Crezo
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What the Marine Corps Taught Me About Writing

By Adrienne Crezo
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Create an e-Anthology to Show Off Your Body of Work

By Adrienne Crezo
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Writer’s Digest Magazine July/August 2014 Online Exclusives

Ransom Riggs Rejects a Hit, and Other Great Interview Outtakes

By Adrienne Crezo
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Where Writers Write: The Homes of Jack Kerouac

By Adrienne Crezo
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"Publishing Agnosticism"—What It Is, Why It's Important, and What It Means for Authors

By Adrienne Crezo