Script Events Competitions Archive Subscribe Shop

Online Writing Workshops

Nov/Dec 2025 Issue

Online Membership

Write Better Fiction Write Better Nonfiction Write Better Poetry Get Published Be Inspired WD Competitions Resources

Debut Book

Writing Habits and Practices Something Bigger: Turning My One Direction Fan Fiction Into My Debut Young Adult Novel

Author Abbie Harlow shares her experience of turning her One Direction fan fiction into her debut young adult novel.

Breaking In Writers Digest Breaking In: March/April 2025 Moriah Richard

Get Published The Journey of My Debut Novel Tara Dorabji

Get Published Breaking In: November/December 2024 Moriah Richard

Get Published Breaking In: September/October 2024 Moriah Richard

Get Published Breaking In: July/August 2024 Moriah Richard

From the Magazine Breaking In: May/June 2024 Moriah Richard

Get Published Breaking In: March/April 2024 Moriah Richard

Write Better Nonfiction The Book That Broke My Heart Susan Shapiro

Write Better Nonfiction Lena Andrews: On the Importance of Recognizing Hidden History Robert Lee Brewer

Young Adult Deborah Crossland: On Finding a Premise and Outlining Robert Lee Brewer

Young Adult K. X. Song: On Writing a Sense of Place for People Who Feel Placeless Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Fiction Mirinae Lee: On Writing Literature in a Foreign Language Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Fiction My Voice Cannot Be Replaced: A Writer’s Journey From Teenage Dreams To Debut Book Anuja Varghese

Get Published From Slush Pile to Big Five: How to Stay Sane While Working on your Debut Lisa Duffy

Newsletter

Subscribe directly from us by clicking this link