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Writing Techniques
5 Features for Writing Psychological Thrillers: A Checklist for Writers
By Sebastian Fitzek
Feb 18, 2021
Interviews
Amy Gentry: On Writing Thrillers and Following Your Gut
By Robert Lee Brewer
Feb 12, 2021
Writing Techniques
FightWrite™: Knife Fights, Part 2
By Carla Hoch
Feb 5, 2021
Interviews
Dana Stabenow: More Cozy Than Hardboiled
By Robert Lee Brewer
Feb 3, 2021
Interviews
Dr. Munish Batra and Keith R.A. DeCandido: Entertainment and Outrage
By Robert Lee Brewer
Jan 18, 2021
Writing Techniques
FightWrite™: Female Serial Killers
By Carla Hoch
Nov 6, 2020
Writing Techniques
Plausible Scares: Blending the Real and the Unreal in Horror Fiction
By Dustin Grinnell
Oct 16, 2020
Book Recommendations
10 Newer and Terrifying Horror Books for October
By Moriah Richard
Oct 10, 2020
Popular Fiction
Thriller First Place Winner: "Jin's Baby"
By Edgar Mahaffey
May 1, 2020
WD Magazine Online Exclusives
Thriller/Suspense First Place Winner: "Some Pig"
By Guest Column
Mar 20, 2019
Publishing Insights
Changing the Face of Crime Fiction: 6 Writers of Color on Writing Mysteries, Crime Novels and Thrillers
By David Corbett
Jan 4, 2019
Writing Techniques
Surprise vs. Suspense and How to Pair Them in Your Writing
By Jane Cleland
Oct 6, 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
Writing Articles
Fired Up: Robert Crais on Passion, Process and Plot Twists
By Jessica Strawser
Oct 3, 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
Writing Techniques
Politics, Personality and Process: Activism in Fiction
By Guest Column
Apr 23, 2018
Interviews
Author Victoria Laurie on Writing Realistic Psychics, Penning a Good Mystery and Her Publishing Journey
By J.D. Myall
Feb 8, 2018
Settings
Beloved Settings: Considerations for Fictionalizing a Favorite Place
By Guest Column
Jan 19, 2018
Publishing Insights
Meet the Agent: Paul Lucas, Janklow & Nesbit Associates
By Cris Freese
Jan 23, 2017
There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest
How to Write Suspense Like Stephen King
By Cris Freese
Nov 2, 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: Kira Watson of Emma Sweeney Agency, LLC
By Chuck Sambuchino
Oct 24, 2016
