Don Draper Gets Skewered
Hey, Mad Men fans--
Thought you might enjoy this great Mad Men parody, posted yesterday by the Landline sketch group...
Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Ignoring Your Characters’ Desires
The Writer's Digest team has witnessed many writing mistakes over the years, so we started this series to help identify them for other writers (along with correction strategies). This week's writing mistake is ignoring your characters’ desires.
Listening to Ghosts: 7 Metaphysical Experiments for Writing Support
Author Coco Picard shares 7 different out-of-body writing experiments to help you through the writing process.
Plot Twist Story Prompts: Dance Time
Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, have your characters dance.
Convention-al Wisdom: Why I Love Attending Cons as a Writer
Russell James shares how convention act as more than networking events for writers, but as an opportunity to be face-to-face with your readers, to make new friends, and more.
Alicia Thompson: On Writing Romance in Isolating Times
Writer Alicia Thompson discusses what she learned about herself in writing her new romance novel, Love in the Time of Serial Killers.
60 Examples of Hooks for Books
This post collects 60 examples of hooks for books. Also called elevator pitches, these book hooks show real-life examples in a variety of writing genres for fiction and nonfiction books.
How To Turn Artifacts and Research Into a Family Memoir
A century’s old family heirloom acted as a clue to the past for author Cornelia Maude Spelman. Here, she shares how to turn artifacts and research into a family memoir.
Miriam Parker: On Writing the Book You Want To Read
Author and publisher Miriam Parker discusses her surprise at writing her new novel, Room and Board.
Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 622
Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write a story poem.