Writing Techniques

Does your manuscript need a little more definition, but you’re not sure where to begin? Try these 100 tips to give your words more power.

Writers of historical fiction must always ride the line between factual and fictitious. Here, author Terry Roberts discusses how to navigate that line.

What gets a reader to keep turning pages? Author Amanda Kabak seeks to answer that question here.

There are plenty of reasons against mimicking dialect when writing ... but are there any in favor? Author Ed Davis discusses.

Looking to write with a friend? Let Laura Blackett & Eve Gleichman, co-authors of The Very Nice Box, give you some tips for making your writing partnership successful.

When it comes to crafting characters, you can't be too careful. Let Kris Spisak guide you in your character development.

The fight against interstellar bigotry requires interstellar questions. In this post, Stef Magister shares 11 questions writers should ask to make their worldbuilding persuasive, immersive, and memorable.

There’s so much information for writers it can be hard to know what to listen to and what to ignore. Author Stefanie London interrogates some popular writing advice in this article.

You should never copy anyone else's work ... right? Trained fighter and author Carla Hoch explains why that's not necessarily the case when writing a fight scene.

Learn from historical fiction author Tessa Arlen how to take a real-life person and fictionalize them for your novel.

Are you having trouble getting into the writing flow? Let author Graham Hurley tell you how to use curiosity to unlock your story.

Love scenes are common in romance writing. Here, romance author Bridget Morrissey shares her top 3 tips for writing an effective one.

In this article, WD editor Moriah Richard tackles 3 important do’s and don’ts for writers as they tackle the world-building in their works-in-progress.

From genre to setting to character, novelist Tracy Clark has 5 tips for ensuring that your book series is the best it can be.

If you're thinking of including a flight attendant in your story, let author (and former flight attendant) Lacie Waldon give you some tips.

Science fiction author Marissa Levien discusses what makes a dystopian novel great—and what mistakes writers should avoid making in their work.

You want to write your story in a place you're not familiar with, but how can you do it justice? Kim Hooper, author of No Hiding in Boise, has some tips.

The Writer's Digest team has witnessed many writing mistakes over the years, so we started this series to help identify them for other writers (along with correction strategies). This week's writing mistake writers make is misusing dialogue tags.