Story Engineering
What makes a story great? This book gives you the answers by examining story architecture and the elements that all stories should incorporate to be successful.
Choosing Which Movements To Put in Your Fight Scene (FightWrite™)
Trained fighter and author Carla Hoch discusses how much of a fight's details to actually put into a story, and how even with fight scenes sometimes less is more.
5 Research Tips for Writing Historical Fiction
Author Piper Huguley shares her five research tips for writing historical fiction that readers love and writers love as well.
Announcing 40 More Plot Twist Prompts for Writers!
Learn more about 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers, Volume 2: ALL NEW Writing Ideas for Taking Your Stories in New Directions, by Writer's Digest Senior Editor Robert Lee Brewer. Discover fun and interesting ways to move your stories from beginning to end.
Interviewing 101: Tips for Writers
Interviewing sources for quotes or research will be part of any writer's job. Here are tips to make the process as smooth and productive as possible.
Plot Twist Story Prompts: Eliminate Threat
Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, have a character work to eliminate a threat.
4 Tips for Writing Gothic Horror
Gothic horror and its many subgenres continues to increase in popularity. Here, author Ava Reid shares 4 tips on writing gothic horror.
Lucy Clarke: On the Power of Creativity
Novelist Lucy Clarke discusses how a marathon of writing led to a first draft in just 17 days for her new psychological thriller, One of the Girls.
A Conversation With Jaden Terrell on Writer Expectations, Part 1 (Killer Writers)
Killer Nashville founder Clay Stafford continues his series of interviews with mystery, thriller, and suspense authors. Here he has a conversation with novelist Jaden Terrell about writer expectations and success.
Connecting the Dots vs. Drawing the Whole Damn Picture: A Veteran Ghostwriter Takes Back His Pen and Finds Something To Say
Writing for oneself after a decades-long career as a ghostwriter is a challenge unto itself. Here, author Daniel Paisner discusses his career as a ghostwriter, how the process differs from writing his own work, and if the two ever intersect.