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Write Better Fiction
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Get Published
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debut novelists
Submissions & Proposals
An Idiot's Tale: Or How One Writer Found Publishing Success
By Adam Oyebanji
Apr 15, 2022
Writing Techniques
How Writing What I Knew Shaped My Debut Novel
By Kris Spisak
Apr 8, 2022
WD Podcasts
Writer's Digest Presents: Debut Authors (Podcast, Episode 3)
By The Editors of Writer's Digest
Mar 15, 2022
Interviews
Emily Spurr: On Following Your Intuition
By Robert Lee Brewer
Aug 23, 2021
Interviews
Pamela Korgemagi: On Trusting the Editorial Process
By Robert Lee Brewer
Aug 5, 2021
Interviews
Shugri Said Salh: On Writing the Coming-Of-Age Story
By Robert Lee Brewer
Aug 2, 2021
The Writer's Life
Late to the Party: On Being a “Mature” Debut Author
By Shawn Nocher
Jun 30, 2021
Writing Techniques
6 Lessons of Writing for Novelists
By Wendy Wax
May 17, 2021
Writing Habits and Practices
Old Skills, New Habits: How I Used What I Learned in Grad School to Write My First Novel
By Amy Gentry
Feb 2, 2021
Interviews
Devon Daniels: Finding Middle Ground in Love and Politics
By Robert Lee Brewer
Feb 1, 2021
Interviews
Language Arts: 'VOX' Author/Linguist Christina Dalcher Discusses the Power of Words
By Baihley Gentry
Sep 19, 2018
Breaking In Writers Digest
Two Authors Discuss How Their Debut Novels Were Picked Up by Hollywood
By Guest Column
Jul 12, 2018
Publishing Insights
Debut Author Interview: Helen Hoang, Author of The Kiss Quotient
By Baihley Gentry
Jun 19, 2018
Writing Articles
From ER Doctor to Novelist: Meet Kimmery Martin, Author of The Queen of Hearts
By Jess Zafarris
May 22, 2018
Publishing Insights
Building Self-Care Habits: Refilling the Creativity Well to Write Your Best Work
By Guest Column
Oct 24, 2017
Publishing Insights
Debut Authors Tell All: Ellie Terry, Middle-Grade Novelist
By Cris Freese
Oct 11, 2017
New Agency Alerts
New Literary Agent Alert: Catherine Cho of Curtis Brown
By Chuck Sambuchino
Oct 21, 2016
What's New
10 Dos & Don'ts For the Aspiring Novelist
By Mary Simses
Oct 29, 2013
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