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Write Better Fiction
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Interviews
Bridget Foley: On Writing Psychologically Potent Metaphors
By Robert Lee Brewer
Apr 12, 2021
Writing Habits and Practices
5 Tips for Writing a Spy Thriller Novel
By Alma Katsu
Mar 31, 2021
Interviews
Alma Katsu: On Where to Put the Big Reveal in a Thriller
By Robert Lee Brewer
Mar 24, 2021
Mystery/Thriller
23 Authors Share Tips on Writing Mystery and Thriller Novels That Readers Love
By Robert Lee Brewer
Feb 25, 2021
Writing Techniques
FightWrite™: Female Serial Killers
By Carla Hoch
Nov 6, 2020
Vintage WD
Vintage WD: 10 Rules for Suspense Fiction
By Writers Digest Staff
Oct 22, 2020
Interviews
Jonelle Patrick: Writing Edgier Than Bookshops and Cats
By Robert Lee Brewer
Oct 19, 2020
Interviews
Chris Mooney: Pushing the Boundaries of Crime Fiction
By Robert Lee Brewer
Aug 24, 2020
WD Magazine Online Exclusives
Thriller/Suspense First Place Winner: "Some Pig"
By Guest Column
Mar 20, 2019
Interviews
Brad Meltzer on Research, Rejections, and More
By Jess Zafarris
Jan 23, 2019
Publishing Insights
Funny You Should Ask: How Fast-Paced Should a Thriller Novel Be?
By Barbara Poelle
Oct 15, 2018
Interviews
"Go Your Own Way": James Patterson on Supporting Childhood Literacy, Generating Novel Ideas, and Writing with Bill Clinton
By The Editors of Writer's Digest
Sep 19, 2018
Publishing Insights
Masters of Suspense: Thriller Agents on Querying & the Best Books in the Genre
By Cris Freese
Aug 1, 2018
Genre
Crypto, Sci-Fi, Soldiers, Spies (and Disasters): 5 Varieties Within the Technothriller Genre
By Guest Column
Jul 19, 2018
Writing Articles
Where Do Characters Come From?
By Guest Column
Feb 24, 2018
Mystery/Thriller
Thrilling Humor: 5 Tips for Incorporating Humor into Thriller Novels (and Other Serious Fiction)
By Guest Column
Oct 31, 2017
New Agency Alerts
New Literary Agent Alert: Amanda Ayers Barnett of Donaghy Literary
By Cris Freese
Feb 20, 2017
Character
How to Write Better Villains: 5 Ways to Get Into the Mind of a Psychopath
By Guest Column
Jan 16, 2017
New Agency Alerts
New Literary Agent Alert: Shana Kelly of Einstein Literary
By Chuck Sambuchino
Jan 1, 2017
What's New
5 Ways to Get Into Character
By Chuck Sambuchino
Oct 14, 2016
What's New
7 Things I've Learned So Far, by Steve Toutonghi
By Chuck Sambuchino
Oct 5, 2016
New Agency Alerts
New Literary Agent Alert: Vanessa Robins of Corvisiero Literary
By Chuck Sambuchino
Oct 3, 2016
New Agency Alerts
New Literary Agent Alert: Tracy Marchini of BookEnds
By Chuck Sambuchino
Sep 12, 2016
Mystery/Thriller
The 5 C's of Writing a Great Thriller Novel
By James Scott Bell
Aug 22, 2016
