"UW Professor Uses Bush's, bin Laden's Words to Make Poetry," in a press release from University of Wyoming, reports that University of Wyoming English professor H.L. Hix has created a conversation between George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden in his latest book, God Bless (Etruscan Press).
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"The Immigrant 'Outsider' Is Now Poetry's Insider," by Emily Parker for The Wall Street Journal, is a nice piece on new poet laureate Charles Simic.
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Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a get blank poem.
Without a solid foundation, our stories flounder. Jeanne Veillette Bowerman shares insights into the three mistakes writers make when creating the first act.
Novelist David Jackson Ambrose discusses the initial themes he wanted to explore in his latest novel, A Blind Eye, what the editing process was like, and how his books always surprise him in the end.
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 not knowing when to shelve a project.
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a persona poem (for an inanimate object).
No matter what genre you write, if you're planning to write characters as frenemies, you'll need to know how to do it well. Bestselling romance author Lorraine Heath shares her top tips.
Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, make a character place blame on someone.
Emmy-nominated writer Luke X. Cunningham explains how he came to write a middle-grade mystery novel and what he hopes for the kids who read his book.
Write a poem every day of April with the 2021 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today's prompt, write a metaphor poem.
