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Writing Techniques
Evoking Emotion in Fiction: Seven Pragmatic Ways to Make Readers Give a Damn
By Dustin Grinnell
Oct 28, 2020
Writing Techniques
Learn Better World-Building Strategies Through World of Warcraft and the New Shadowlands Expansion
By Moriah Richard
Oct 27, 2020
Writing Techniques
10 Tips For Writing a Family Drama Novel
By Clare Mackintosh
Oct 9, 2020
Character
Inside the Mind of a Villain: 8 Journeys and Motives Behind Evildoers, Antiheroes, & Antagonists
By Dustin Grinnell
Oct 4, 2020
Writing Articles
Where Do Characters Come From?
By Guest Column
Feb 24, 2018
Creative Writing Prompts
Handwriting Anatomy
By Jess Zafarris
Jan 23, 2018
Publishing Insights
How to Use Acting Techniques When Writing a Character's Emotional Journey
By Guest Column
Jan 9, 2018
Character
Writing Characters From the Opposite Gender’s Point of View
By Guest Column
Dec 19, 2017
Character
Rethinking Protagonists and Antagonists: Parallel and Perpendicular Character Perspectives in Star Wars
By Guest Column
Dec 12, 2017
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest
4 Ways to Write a Compelling Character
By Guest Column
Nov 8, 2016
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest
In Defense of the Flibbertigibbet: The Questions That Made Me a Writer
By Adrienne Crezo
Mar 4, 2015
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest
Writing the Unlikable Character (and Why You Should)
By Adrienne Crezo
Dec 18, 2014
Writer's Digest Magazine January 2015 Online Exclusives
Series Author Roundtable: Setting As Character
By Adrienne Crezo
Nov 6, 2014