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Around the WD Properties: 3-30-2009

Here are some cool things
going on around Writer's Digest


Webinar: Query Letter Writing
How to Write a Book Query Letter that Gets a Response
Live Event: Thursday, April 9, 2009; 1 p.m. Eastern
Submit your one-page book query letter for potential critique in this hands-on session from Writer's Digest Publisher and Editorial Director Jane Friedman.
Want to learn more or sign up? Click here for more info.

Poem-a-Day Challenge
Robert Brewer, who manages to poetry site Poetic Asides, is celebrating National Poetry Month by challenging writers to compose a poem each day.
Well, on April 1, more than 1,000 comments were made - most of them poems in the challenge. Get involved!

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NovDec24_Breaking In
Breaking In Writers Digest

Breaking In: November/December 2024

Debut authors: How they did it, what they learned, and why you can do it, too.

By Moriah Richard
Rosa Kwon Easton: On Fiction Helping Tell a True Family Story
Historical

Rosa Kwon Easton: On Fiction Helping Tell a True Family Story

In this interview, author Rosa Kwon Easton discusses the surprises she faced in tackling fiction for the first time with her new historical novel, White Mulberry.

By Robert Lee Brewer
Poetry Prompt
Wednesday Poetry Prompts

Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 720

Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write an undiscovered poem.

By Robert Lee Brewer
How to Portray Time and Memory in Stories, by Anita Felicelli
Writing Techniques

How to Portray Time and Memory in Stories

Author Anita Felicelli explains her process for portraying time and memory in stories, including examples from other authors.

By Anita Felicelli
online prompt 12:3
Writing Prompts

Listening In

Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today's prompt, start your story with someone listening in on someone else's conversation.

By Moriah Richard
Pip Drysdale: On Failure as Inspiration
Mystery/Thriller

Pip Drysdale: On Failure as Inspiration

In this interview, bestselling author Pip Drysdale discusses how her own experience with writer’s block helped inspire her new thriller novel, The Close-Up.

By Robert Lee Brewer
Unearthing the UnderSlumberBumbleBeasts, by Zoje Stage
Writing Habits and Practices

Unearthing the UnderSlumberBumbleBeasts

Author Zoje Stage shares her experience of finding publication for a passion project that many loved but didn't know how to market—and how the results blew her away.

By Zoje Stage
From Script
Resources

The Manipulation of Stories and Specificity of Character (From Script)

In this week’s roundup from Script magazine, Alison Schapker talks about the development and adaptation process, character development, and more.

By Script Magazine
Shannon Messenger: Trust Your Story
Children's

Shannon Messenger: Trust Your Story

In this interview, author Shannon Messenger discusses writing an in-between book with her new middle-grade novel, Unraveled.

By Robert Lee Brewer