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Horror Fiction
WD Podcasts
Writer's Digest Presents: The Weight of Blood Book Club With Tiffany D. Jackson (Podcast, Episode 9)
By The Editors of Writer's Digest
Oct 18, 2022
Horror
What Is Body Horror in Fiction?
By Moriah Richard
Oct 14, 2022
Horror
How (and Why) To Write Horror That Feels Like It Could Really Happen
By Michael J. Seidlinger
Aug 21, 2022
Interviews
Michael J. Seidlinger: On Asking Questions in Horror
By Robert Lee Brewer
Aug 15, 2022
Horror
How to Write Unique Horror Fiction When Every Trope Has Already Been Used
By Richard Thomas
Feb 22, 2022
Horror
21 Popular Horror Tropes for Writers
By Robert Lee Brewer
Feb 19, 2022
Horror
3 Tips for Writing Possession Horror
By Andy Marino
Oct 7, 2021
Interviews
Stephen Graham Jones: On Paying Homage to Horror
By Robert Lee Brewer
Sep 4, 2021
Interviews
LaTanya McQueen: On Returning Home in Literary Fiction
By Robert Lee Brewer
Aug 6, 2021
Writing Techniques
3 Do’s and Don’ts of World-Building for Writers
By Moriah Richard
Jun 29, 2021
Writing Techniques
What Is World-Building?
By Moriah Richard
Apr 27, 2021
Horror
5 Tips for Writing Scary Stories and Horror Novels
By Simone St. James
Oct 20, 2020
Horror
On Writing a Horror Novel Without Intending to Write Horror
By Evie Green
Oct 18, 2020
Vintage WD
Vintage WD: Six Steps to Salable Horror
By Writers Digest Staff
Oct 15, 2020
Book Recommendations
10 Scary Horror Books for October
By Robert Lee Brewer
Oct 3, 2020
Interviews
Mick Garris: The Horror Stories That Reside Within Us
By Robert Lee Brewer
Oct 3, 2020
Horror
3 Tips for Writing Horror Comedy
By Jim Hardison
Nov 29, 2017
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest
6 Things American Horror Story Can Teach Us About Writing
By Cris Freese
Oct 31, 2016
What's New
7 Tips on How to Write Middle Grade Horror
By Ty Drago
Apr 23, 2014
What's New
How to Give People Nightmares: 6 Tips For Writing Young Adult Horror
By April Genevieve Tucholke
Aug 15, 2013
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