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Writing Habits and Practices
Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Neglecting Research
By Robert Lee Brewer
Mar 26, 2021
Writing Techniques
How to Do Shadow Research for Your Novel
By Devon Daniels
Feb 10, 2021
Interviews
Charles Vidich: The Timeliness of Nonfiction
By Robert Lee Brewer
Jan 30, 2021
Writing Techniques
Crashing Into New Worlds: Writing About the Unfamiliar
By Stephanie Kane
Oct 29, 2020
Vintage WD
Vintage WD: It Starts With Voice
By Writers Digest Staff
Sep 24, 2020
Vintage WD
Vintage WD: When Research Is a Monster
By Amy Jones
Feb 6, 2020
Historical
Blurred Lines: Writing Historical Fiction From Fact
By Melanie Benjamin
May 24, 2019
Writing Genres
The WD Interview: Susan Orlean on The Library Book and Finding the Red-Hot Center of the Story
By Don Vaughan
May 8, 2019
Historical
Getting the History Right in Historical Fiction Using Declassified Records
By Guest Column
Apr 29, 2019
Historical
How to Write Historical Fiction
By Guest Column
Apr 11, 2019
Settings
Old and New: Merging Memory and Research in New Zealand
By Guest Column
Apr 1, 2019
Writing Techniques
This is NOT Research Advice
By Guest Column
Dec 2, 2018
Settings
7 Research and Writing Tips for Setting a Book in Another Country
By Guest Column
Nov 23, 2018
Publishing Insights
Researching Agents: 4 Steps for Identifying & Connecting with the Right Literary Agents
By Guest Column
Aug 17, 2018
Publishing Insights
How Research Can Help Sell Your Story
By Guest Column
Jun 1, 2018
Interviews
The Writer's Digest Interview: Andy Weir, Author of 'The Martian' and 'Artemis'
By Tyler Moss
Jan 22, 2018
Writing Articles
11 Unconventional Resources to Kick Your Historical Fiction Up a Notch
By Guest Column
Nov 22, 2017
Publishing Insights
6 Research Tips for Writing Nonfiction
By Jeff Biggers
Oct 26, 2017
What's New
How I Wrote a Historical Novel Set in an Era I Knew Nothing About
By Chuck Sambuchino
Oct 14, 2016
What's New
Up Late With Sociopaths: Surviving Thriller Research
By Chuck Sambuchino
Mar 1, 2016
What's New
7 Tips for Using Hands-On Research to Enrich Your Writing
By Chuck Sambuchino
Jan 12, 2016
What's New
Traveling Back to Look Ahead at the Future of War
By Chuck Sambuchino
Jul 29, 2015
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest
In Defense of the Flibbertigibbet: The Questions That Made Me a Writer
By Adrienne Crezo
Mar 4, 2015
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest
Go There: Lessons In Writing From Dear Old Dad
By Adrienne Crezo
Dec 4, 2014
