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Write Better Fiction
Write Better Nonfiction
Write Better Poetry
Get Published
Be Inspired
WD Competitions
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short stories
Writing Habits and Practices
Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Thinking There’s Not Enough Room for Your Story
By Michael Woodson
May 13, 2022
Interviews
Ladee Hubbard: On Interconnecting Individual Stories
By Robert Lee Brewer
Mar 9, 2022
Short Story
2022 February Flash Fiction Challenge: Guidelines
By Moriah Richard
Dec 24, 2021
Interviews
Blake Sanz: On Playing the Long Game
By Robert Lee Brewer
Nov 8, 2021
Interviews
Kasimma: On Keeping a Culture Alive
By Robert Lee Brewer
Nov 3, 2021
Writing Techniques
How Fiction and Psychotherapy Complement Each Other
By Linda Feyder
Sep 29, 2021
Interviews
Alexander Weinstein: On Writing a Thematic Short Story Collection
By Robert Lee Brewer
Apr 21, 2021
Writing Habits and Practices
5 Lessons I Learned Doing the Flash Fiction February Challenge
By Moriah Richard
Mar 26, 2021
Screenwriting (Film)
Take Two: The Importance of Writing Your Story in Different Mediums
By Jeanne Veillette Bowerman
Mar 12, 2021
Writing Techniques
Expanding a Short Story Into a Novel
By Les Edgerton
Dec 22, 2020
Interviews
Nancy Stohlman: Creativity in a Flash
By Robert Lee Brewer
Oct 18, 2020
Interviews
Robert Scotellaro: Writing Flash Fiction That's Short But Not Slight
By Robert Lee Brewer
Sep 21, 2020
Interviews
Jacob M. Appel: Perseverance the Key to Writing Success
By Robert Lee Brewer
Sep 13, 2020
Interviews
John McNally: Renewed Interest in the Magic of Short Stories
By Robert Lee Brewer
Sep 3, 2020
Short Short Story Competition
19th Annual WD Short Short Story Competition Winner: Hari Om Senior Center by Reena Shah
By Reena Shah
May 8, 2019
Screenwriting (Film)
Imagination Unchained: BIRD BOX Author Josh Malerman on Film Adaptations, Theatrical Book Readings and More
By Jess Zafarris
Jan 17, 2019
Writing Techniques
Begin from the Middle: How to Start Your Story In Medias Res
By Paul Buchanan
Jan 13, 2019
Interviews
George Saunders: The WD Interview
By Tyler Moss
May 9, 2018
WD Podcasts
The Writer's Digest Podcast, Episode 3: Writing and Publishing Short Stories and Essays — Interview with Windy Lynn Harris
By Gabriela Pereira
Apr 6, 2018
Short Story
Short Training for Your Long Game: How Writing Short Stories Can Help You Hone Your Novel-Writing Skills
By Guest Column
Feb 17, 2018
Publishing Insights
Reprints for Creative Shorts: How and Where to Sell a Poem, Personal Essay or Short Story a Second Time
By Guest Column
Jan 11, 2018
Publishing Insights
Transforming a Short Story Into a Novel
By Guest Column
Oct 30, 2017
Poetry FAQs
Submitting Your Short Fiction and Poetry: 5 FAQs from a Magazine Editor
By Elise Holland
Sep 11, 2017
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest
Get Discovered by Writing Short
By Guest Column
Sep 7, 2017
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