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Telling the Stories of War: Author Roundtable Don Vaughan

Writing Tips for Retelling Shakespeare: From Atwood’s Hag-Seed to Updike’s Gertrude and Claudius Pat McKee

Vintage WD: Decoding the Secrets to Selling Popular Fiction, Part 2 Amy Jones

Vintage WD: Decoding the Secrets to Selling Popular Fiction, Part 1 Amy Jones

Your Own Worst Enemy: Writing Villains in Memoir William Kenower

Building The Yellow House: An Interview With National Book Award Finalist Sarah M. Broom Cassandra Lipp

Writing About Your Life Without Ruining Your Relationships Mark Guerin

Using Facts As the Base of Science Fiction William R. Leibowitz

Genealogy Research and the Crime Novelist Kristen Lepionka

Life Into Fiction: Turning a True Event Into a Compelling Story Stephanie Kane

Trauma: What Happens When We Put It On the Page?Karen Stefano

World-Building Tips from the Masters E.J. Wenstrom

Jerry Seinfeld’s 5-Step Comedy Writing Process Jess Zafarris

The WD Interview: Susan Orlean on The Library Book and Finding the Red-Hot Center of the Story Don Vaughan

Interview with Reena Shah, Winner of the WD 19th Annual Short Short Story Competition Cassandra Lipp

Getting the History Right in Historical Fiction Using Declassified Records Samuel Marquis