#PitchPerfect
While online pitching events were popular before the pandemic, their presence is more important now than ever. Here are tips for how to pitch your book in 280 characters or fewer.
BY JERA BROWN

Back to Basics
Ran Walker shares 10 reasons why going “old school” with notebooks is the best technology for writers.
BY RAN WALKER

Kate Quinn
The bestselling author of The Alice Network talks writing for love and the market and the inspiration behind her new novel, The Diamond Eye.
BY AMY JONES

WRITER’S DIGEST 2023 ANNUAL LITERARY AGENT ROUNDUP
21 literary agents share what kind of submissions they’d like to see in their inboxes and their querying preferences.
BY AMY JONES

THE BIG REVEAL
Write a compelling story by understanding when and how to reveal crucial information to readers for maximum impact.
BY TIFFANY YATES MARTIN

THE WD INTERVIEW:
CHUCK WENDIG
The New York Times bestselling author discusses genre-hopping, fear as a motivator, and his new books.
BY KRISTIN OWENS

This Changes Everything
Five steps to approach writing your story’s inciting incident.
BY RAN WALKER

Praising Connection in Poetry, Family, and Life
Purvi Shah, winner of the 17th Annual Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards, shares the story behind her winning poem, “Helix of the gift, lineage song.”
BY ROBERT LEE BREWER

The Literature of Comic Books
Trace the rise of comic books from “disposable entertainment for children” to graphic novels telling the most important stories of our time.
BY DON VAUGHAN

The Four Elements
Learn the difference between loglines, elevator pitches, query pitches, and a plot synopsis to make the best first impression with literary agents.
BY AMY COLLINS

THE WD INTERVIEW: Brandon Taylor
The bestselling author discusses the interconnectedness of his work, the importance of short stories, and his latest release, The Late Americans.
BY MICHAEL WOODSON

KNOW YOUR GENRE: GIVE READERS WHAT THEY WANT
Deliver a satisfying reading experience by fulfi lling the promises of your genre.
BY JANE K. CLELAND

NAILING YOUR GE NRE’S VOICE AND TONE
Learn how a careful combination of character personality and sentence fl ow can shape two critical aspects of writing craft.
BY JORDAN ROSENFELD

Writing Goals and Intentions for 2023
Make 2023 your most successful writing year ever by considering the following questions to set your goals and intentions.
BY AMY JONES

Writing What You Know: Yourself
Mine fi ve areas of your life to make every part of your writing more unique and richly layered.
BY WHITNEY HILL

THE CURIOUSLY EFFECTIVE WAY TO BEAT PROCRASTINATION
An author of more than 80 books reveals how he follows his curiosity to beat writer’s block.
BY MICHAEL LA RONN

LOSING THE BIG ONE
A seasoned freelance writer who once lost his biggest client tells how to survive the loss—and protect yourself from similar situations.
BY JEFF SOMERS

10 REASONS TO WRITE A 100-WORD STORY
Award-winning novelist Ran Walker describes the big benefits of writing the smallest stories.
BY RAN WALKER

Masterful Approaches to Writing STANDOUT FINAL CHAPTERS.

6 Tricks for UNFORGETTABLE SHORT STORY ENDINGS.

How to Choose the PERFECT BOOK TITLE...

Tiffany D. Jackson
The New York Times-bestselling YA author discusses how her background in media influences her novel construction and why horror is an important genre for teens.
BY MORIAH RICHARD

A Much Darker Turn
Emmett Knowlton, the first-place winner of the 22nd Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Awards, shares a coming-of-age story with a twist and a brief Q&A.
BY MORIAH RICHARD

The Tyranny of the Verb To Be
Writers are often told to remove passive verbs from their writing. Tobias S. Buckell considers the history of that advice and why careful attention to passive verbs can be rewarding.
BY TOBIAS S. BUCKELL

So You Want to Quit Your Day Job
Writing frequently starts as a second job or hobby for many authors, but with planning and preparation, you can create a game plan to write full-time.
BY WHITNEY HILL

Is It Memoir, Personal Essay, or Prescriptive?
Understanding how POV differs in these types of personal narratives is crucial to telling the most powerful and effective version of your story.
BY WILLIAM KENOWER

All About Omniscience
Using an omniscient POV adds perspective and tension to a story, but using it incorrectly can feel contrived and leave readers bored. Here are tips for employing it skillfully.
BY JORDAN ROSENFELD

A Picture of the Past
The Writer’s Digest 29th Annual Self-Published Book Awards Grand Prize winner celebrates history and keeps it alive for the future in Zara’s Wash Day.
BY MICHAEL WOODSON

WRITING SUCCESSFUL HISTORICAL FICTION.

FROM FAILED DRAWER NOVEL TO RAVE-READY REVISION.

WHY TO WRITE AND SELF-PUBLISH SHORT FICTION.

Behind the Scenes
Reverse-engineering the work of great writers.
BY ELIZABETH SIMS

Building Worlds to Build Better Stories
World-building can be a monumental task for writers and is critical to keeping readers engaged. Here are three approaches to making world-building work for you and your story.
BY TOBIAS BUCKELL

Beyond the Twilight Zone
Diversity in the strange.
BY RAN WALKER

STANDOUT STORY TELLING

10 Reasons to WRITE 100-WORD STORIES.

WD INTERVIEW
Elizabeth Acevedo 
The National Book Award winner talks writing novels in verse, tips for NaNoWriMo success, and developing characters for YA.

Tightrope Writer
In the high-wire act of writing potentially controversial fiction, Syed Masood offers advice for staying true to the story, the characters, and yourself.
BY SYED MASOOD

Authoring Change, One Book at a Time
Founder of the Nonfiction Writers’ University, Nina Amir, breaks down the elements you need to write a nonfiction book that makes a positive and meaningful difference.
BY NINA AMIR

Whale of a Poem
The winner of the 2020 Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards discusses the inspiration behind her firstplace poem, “The Loneliest Whale.”
BY ROBERT LEE BREWER

Th e Curiously Effective Way to Beat Procrastination 
An author of more than 60 books reveals how he follows his curiosity to beat writer’s block.
BY MICHAEL LA RONN

Mission Driven
Whitney Hill, winner of the 8th Annual WD Self-Published E-Book Awards, talks fan fiction, creating her own stories, and why she chose to self-publish.
BY MORIAH RICHARD

Writing Your Memoir
By analyzing four recent memoirs, author Sharon McDonnell explains how to best capture your reader’s curiosity.
BY SHARON MCDONNELL

Th e Time and Energy Game
Finding that you’re spending too much time on everything except writing? Here are some ideas for a solution.
BY ELIZABETH SIMS

Foreign Rights Sales
Author Jordan Rosenfeld digs deep into the world of foreign rights, giving up control when adapting books, and The Next Big Thing.
BY JORDAN ROSENFELD

Losing the Big One
A seasoned freelance writer who once lost his biggest client tells how to survive the loss—and protect yourself from similar situations.
BY JEFF SOMERS

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A DIFFERENT KIND of STORY
In 1971, Writer’s Digest asked “What is the writer’s social responsibility?” Nearly 50 years later, during a global pandemic, a presidential election, and racial justice protests, novelist and Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Connie Schultz offers an answer for today’s writers.
BY CONNIE SCHULTZ

The FUTURE of CRIME (FICTION)
Technological advances change both how crimes occur and how law enforcement catches criminals. Some of today’s most innovative crime fiction authors discuss how future technology might affect the genre.
BY DAVID CORBETT

TRANSFORMATION,
Not Thread Count
Th e Best Women’s Travel Writing editor Lavinia Spaulding off ers her best tips for a stellar travel essay.
BY ERIN VAN RHEENEN

“Quitting Time”
WINS BIG
The winner of the 20th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition reveals his strategies for writing awardwinning short fi ction.
BY CASSANDRA LIPP

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Writer’s Digest Magazine - May - June 2022

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