Adrienne Crezo

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

Writer's Digest Magazine July/August 2015 Online Exclusives

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

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

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

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

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

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

Lisa Freeman
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest

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

Erin Kelly
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Tips for the Writer With No Routine

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12 Workplace Skills to Apply to Your Writing Career

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Call for Submissions: Reject a Hit

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

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Dorothy Parker's Lessons in Self-Doubt

Your Story Competition

Your Story 65: Winner!

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How to Research Your Crime Novel

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Publishing Insights

7 Things I've Learned So Far, by Eric Smith

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

Your Story 64: Winners!

WD Magazine Online Exclusives

Help for Goodreads Authors

WD Magazine Online Exclusives

Your Website Made Easy

Writing the Unlikable Character (and Why You Should)
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Writing the Unlikeable Character (and Why You Should)

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Go There: Lessons In Writing From Dear Old Dad

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Interview: Joe Hill on HORNS, NOS4A2 and Stephen King

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Your Story Competition

Your Story 63: Winners

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WD Magazine Online Exclusives

Throw a Revision Party

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Writer's Digest Magazine January 2015 Online Exclusives

Series Author Roundtable: Setting As Character

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

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Cats, Wives and Videotape: Survey Reveals What Really Distracts NaNoWriMo Participants

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The Art and Craft of Wasting Time in 20 Quotes

15 Oscar Wilde Quotes About Reading, Writing, and Books
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest

15 Oscar Wilde Quotes About Reading, Writing, and Books

WD Magazine Online Exclusives

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

Writer’s Digest Magazine November/December 2014 Online Exclusives

John Sandford: Bonus WD Interview Outtakes

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

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Take Action: How I Overcame Writer's Block

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The 5 Attributes of a Successful Ghostwriter

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

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Interviews

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

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An Intimate Look at Working with an Editor

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

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3 Tips for Writing on a Deadline

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The Rules of Writing According to 20 Famous Writers

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Dorothy Parker: Missed Deadlines, Unfulfilled Contracts and Wrong Words

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An Idea a Day: August 2014

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Writer’s Digest Magazine September 2014 Online Exclusives

8 Online Resources for Historical Research

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

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3 Ways to Save Your Backstory from the Cutting Room Floor

18 Quotes for Writers from Ernest Hemingway
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18 Quotes for Writers from Ernest Hemingway

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Prompt: Write the #WorstTweet Ever

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A Writer Never Averts Her Eyes: On Killing My Father

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What the Marine Corps Taught Me About Writing

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

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Writer’s Digest Magazine July/August 2014 Online Exclusives

Ransom Riggs Rejects a Hit, and Other Great Interview Outtakes

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Where Writers Write: The Homes of Jack Kerouac