Script Events Competitions Free Downloads Subscribe Shop

Online Writing Workshops

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

Novel writing

How Living Out of a Van Inspired My Writing and Life

Author Kathryn Nolan details how moving into a van with her husband helped inspire her writing, writing habits, and ultimately her life.

The Soundtrack of a Story: How Music Shaped My Novel Jane L. Rosen

The Page or The Stage: The Differences in Writing Novels vs. Scripts Leslie Liautaud

Why *Exactly* the Second Novel Is So Impossible to Write Jessie Rosen

Why I Wrote Fiction Instead of Memoir—Even Though Much of It Is True Andres Schabelman

How Journalism Helps Me Write Fiction (and Vice Versa)Bryan Gruley

2 Things Writers Should Know About the Future of the Novel Simon Okotie

Making Use of Storystarter Scenes in Fiction Andrew Welsh-Huggins

On Writing and Research—for Books and Screenplays John Sayles

Comics vs. Prose: The Novelization of a Comic Book Character Fred Van Lente

The Siren Song of Memory: Avoiding Sentimentality in Fiction When Using Material From Our Past Lucian Childs

Symbolic Drive: Using Allegory in Fiction Erika Swyler

Turning Memoir Into Fiction: A Recipe Susen Edwards

Sprinting Across Alligators: How to Use Vignettes as Stepping Stones to Build a Novel C.H. Hooks

Build Your Novel Scene by Scene The Editors of Writer's Digest

The Author as Gardener: 7 Novel-Writing (and Gardening) Suggestions Sarah Lariviere

Newsletter

Subscribe directly from us by clicking this link