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Write Better Fiction
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suspense
Mystery/Thriller
23 Authors Share Tips on Writing Mystery and Thriller Novels That Readers Love
By Robert Lee Brewer
Feb 25, 2021
Interviews
Stephanie Wrobel: On Writing an Unusual Hero
By Robert Lee Brewer
Jan 20, 2021
Writing Techniques
Keeping Your Narrator’s Secrets When Writing a Series
By Tessa Wegert
Dec 8, 2020
Vintage WD
Vintage WD: 10 Rules for Suspense Fiction
By Writers Digest Staff
Oct 22, 2020
Book Recommendations
17+ Suspense Stories to Read at Halloween
By Amy Jones
Oct 23, 2019
Settings
Old and New: Merging Memory and Research in New Zealand
By Guest Column
Apr 1, 2019
WD Magazine Online Exclusives
Thriller/Suspense First Place Winner: "Some Pig"
By Guest Column
Mar 20, 2019
Writing Techniques
Surprise vs. Suspense and How to Pair Them in Your Writing
By Jane Cleland
Oct 6, 2018
Horror
Reading, Breathing and the Long Sentence: How to Write Horror That Frightens Readers
By Philip Athans
Oct 5, 2018
Off the Page: author interview series
The Writer’s Digest Podcast, Episode 9: Using Your Words for the Power of Good — Interview with Heather Graham
By Jess Zafarris
Oct 5, 2018
Publishing Insights
Who Ya Gonna Call? Writing Paranormal and Supernatural Phenomena Realistically and Authentically
By Guest Column
Aug 24, 2018
Interviews
Bestseller Walter Mosley on Characterization and the Legacy of Devil in a Blue Dress
By Tyler Moss
Aug 8, 2018
Breaking In Writers Digest
Two Authors Discuss How Their Debut Novels Were Picked Up by Hollywood
By Guest Column
Jul 12, 2018
Mystery/Thriller
5 Lessons Studying Sleight-of-Hand Can Teach You About Writing Suspense
By Guest Column
Apr 25, 2018
Book Recommendations
How Memory Loss Builds Suspense in The Buried Giant
By Karen Krumpak
Feb 11, 2018
Mystery/Thriller
Only One Reason to Write Suspense Novels: To Spin A Great Yarn
By Brian A. Klems
May 1, 2017
New Agency Alerts
New Literary Agent Alert: Jennifer Wills of The Seymour Agency
By Chuck Sambuchino
Nov 4, 2016
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest
They’re So Good, It’s Scary: 13 Quotes From Horror, Thriller and Suspense Writers
By Tiffany Luckey
Oct 24, 2016
New Agency Alerts
New Literary Agent Alert: Janna Bonikowski of The Knight Agency
By Chuck Sambuchino
Oct 10, 2016
What's New
From Dream to Manuscript: One Writer's Rocky Road to Publication
By Chuck Sambuchino
Jan 5, 2016
How to Improve Writing Skills
9 Tricks to Writing Suspense Fiction
By Simon Wood
Jul 10, 2008
