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Hitting the Road: How to Find the Courage to Try New Writing Paths
Writing Techniques

Hitting the Road: How to Find the Courage to Try New Writing Paths

By Marina Budhos
Tension in Poetry: The Hidden Art of Line-Writing
Poetry FAQs

Tension in Poetry: The Hidden Art of Line-Writing

By Matthew Daddona
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Settings

5 Tips for Building a House or Setting That Comes Alive for Readers

By D.M. Pulley
Writing Sucks
The Writer's Life

It's Great to Suck at Writing

By Karen Rinaldi
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Marketing

How to Keep Your Book Relevant After Its Release

By Guest Column
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Writing Techniques

3 Layers of Writing Mastery: Which One Is Most Important?

By William Kenower
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Settings

Maximize Your Setting: Bringing Locations, Eras and Worlds to Life on the Page

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There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest

The Importance of Small Details in Fiction Writing

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Writing Goal

The Art of the Paragraph: Applying Paragraphing Techniques in Your Fiction Writing

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Dialogue

The Art of the Paragraph: How to Write Dialogue in Fiction

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The Art of the Paragraph: Informative Paragraphs in Fiction

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Writing Goal

The Art of the Paragraph: Descriptive Paragraphs in Fiction

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Writing Articles

The Art of the Paragraph: Single-Sentence Paragraphs in Fiction

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Writing Techniques

Tim Knox: The Magic Formula for Great Story Ideas

By Tim Knox
By A. Burnham Shute (Moby-Dick edition - C. H. Simonds Co) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Creative Writing Prompts

Symbolic Animals

By Jess Zafarris
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Character

What My Military Experience Taught Me About Creating Heroes

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WD Magazine Online Exclusives

Better Off Dead: Prepare Your Writing Legacy

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Mystery/Thriller

Thrilling Humor: 5 Tips for Incorporating Humor into Thriller Novels (and Other Serious Fiction)

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"Macbook Writing" by Håkan Dahlström Photography (Creative Commons)
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest

Jump-Start Your Next Story with Two Truths and a Lie

By Adrienne Crezo
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There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest

A Writer Never Averts Her Eyes: On Killing My Father

By Adrienne Crezo