"Evaluating Vietnamese poetry with polls," from Vietnam Net Bridge, reports on the popularity of using polls "to 'democratise' the evaluation of Vietnamese poetry."
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"Teacher training scheduled for statewide poetry program," from The Clarion Ledger, reports on the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest for schools in Mississippi. This is the real grassroots involvement needed at the high school level to promote engagement with poetry.
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This post announces our latest From Our Readers question: What book ended in a way that you didn’t expect but was perfect anyway? Comment for a chance at publication in a future issue of Writer's Digest.
In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, read interviews with filmmakers Wendey Stanzler and Maria Judice. Plus a one-on-one interview with Austin Film Festival’s executive director Barbara Morgan.
Award-winning author Paul Tremblay discusses how a school-wide assembly inspired his new horror novel, The Pallbearers Club.
This week, we're excited to announce our interview with Steven Rowley and Jessica Strawser, 5 WDU courses, and more!
Here are the top websites by and about agents as identified in the 24th Annual 101 Best Websites from the May/June 2022 issue of Writer's Digest.
Author Ashley Poston discusses how she combined her love of ghost stories, romance, and books into her new romance novel, The Dead Romantics.
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.
Author Piper Huguley shares her five research tips for writing historical fiction that readers love and writers love as well.
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.
