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Writer’s Digest
Use the Tools of Journalism to Sharpen Your Research Skills
I started college in an art conservatory, but after a string of straight Cs, quickly learned that life wasn't for me.
5 min |
Yearbook 2026
Writer’s Digest
Face the Music
Like a broken record, you've been told time and again never to use song lyrics in your writing. Scratch that. Here's how to actually pull it off.
7 min |
Yearbook 2026
Writer’s Digest
Comp Authors: Building True Platform That Actually Sells Books
What are authors like you doing to connect with their audiences and communities? Don't agonize about \"platform\"—your literary role models already drew the map.
8 min |
Yearbook 2026
Writer’s Digest
Write It Out
Writing prompts to boost your creativity.
1 min |
Yearbook 2026
Writer’s Digest
How Much Should a Writer Charge?
Oh, my goodness, how writing income has changed in only a few years.
8 min |
Yearbook 2026
Writer’s Digest
From Ordinary to Extraordinary
Unveil the hidden beauty in the facts and transform your nonfiction with the power of wonder.
8 min |
Yearbook 2026
Writer’s Digest
9 Suggestions for Improving Your Memoir
As an acquiring editor in Big Five publishing houses for more than three decades, and now as an independent editor, I have worked on many successful memoirs.
5 min |
Yearbook 2026
Writer’s Digest
The Imaginary Mentorship
Unlock writing secrets from literary titans to inspire and boost your work.
7 min |
Yearbook 2026
Writer’s Digest
LEVELUP YOUR WRITING(LIFE)
Advice and tips to boost your writing skills.
5 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
The Cultural and Educational Benefits of Bilingual Books
Dr. Cynthia Weill has spent her career advocating for high-quality children's literature, and her series of bilingual early reader books champion multicultural learning for all ages.
3 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
The Power of the Comma
If punctuation were a team, the comma would be the reliable all-rounder—always in the game, always doing the work. It doesn't demand attention like the exclamation point, nor does it carry the flair of the dash, but without it, writing would unravel into confusion. The comma is essential for structure, nuance, and meaning.
2 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
BREAKING IN
Debut authors: How they did it, what they learned, and why you can do it, too.
4 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
Poetic Asides
No matter what you write, a bit of poetic license can be a valuable asset to any writer's arsenal.
3 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
DEVELOPING MAGIC SYSTEMS
Award-winning author Whitney Hill shares considerations for developing a magic system for your stories and how to avoid boxing yourself in for future works.
10 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
Embrace Your Strange
Discover your writing quirks and use them to your advantage.
5 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
WRITING IN THE SOUTHERN GOTHIC STYLE
Understand the origins and nuances of this Gothic subgenre to write atmospheric tales.
9 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
Designing the Cover of Digging Dr Jones
Designers peel back the layers of their book covers.
1 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
34 Book Fairs and Festivals for Writers
Writers have a unique— dare I say, weird—sense of how to spend their time.
3 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
LEVERAGING THE POWER OF WHAT IF? IN SPECULATIVE STORIES
Five techniques for convincing readers your fiction just might be real after all.
6 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
Wonder and Whimsy, Fables and Folklore: The Making of a Trickster
So many of the stories I loved as a kid, that live as strands within my narrative DNA, posited that the impossible could be around any corner. That gods watched us from the stars, that three-mast pirate carracks floated above hidden, legendary leviathans, that any mighty tree was but a part of Yggdrasil. I learned that sometimes, spider bites or lightning strikes could make you special, that anyone could be a hero, that sometimes pain could alchemize into purpose. I read stories of ants and grasshoppers, scorpions and frogs, and followed those animals to the cozy Abbey of Redwall, where the morals became more complicated but no less potent.
2 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
Travis Baldree
No newbie when it comes to storytelling, Travis Baldree is a highly recognized and beloved audiobook narrator (Audible alone has him connected to more than 400 books), and also an accomplished game developer, perhaps most recognized for the action-RPG “Fate” and “Torchlight 1 and 2,” to name just a few. But during the COVID pandemic, he found himself writing Legends & Lattes, a low-stakes fantasy that (as we'll dis- cuss) was exactly what he needed at the time.
10+ min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
Wait, Are They Allowed to Do That?
What weird formats can teach you about power, permission, and the shape of your story.
3 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
The Best Tool in Your Marketing Box
We are self-publishers, and that's definitely not a bad thing unless you cannot fathom partaking in an uphill battle. I assume you can, and if so, you are suitably equipped for a self-publishing journey.
5 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
HIDDEN SUGAR
Grand-prize winner of the 94th Annual WD Writing Competition Alison Luterman shares the inspiration behind her winning poem and the power of being a poet.
5 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
GiannaMarie Dobson
NEIGHBORHOOD LITERARY
1 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
The Swimmers
THE CHALLENGE: Write a drabble-a short story of exactly 100 words-based on the photo prompt below.
1 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
Author Spotlight
Prolific doesn't adequately describe this month's featured author, AI Twain. In the span of 15 months, it wrote 37 romance novels, 93 sonnets, 779 technical manuals, 938,572 student essays, two obituaries, and a wedding vow. The following are excerpts from our interview with AI Twain.
2 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
Family Politics
Learn to read like a writer from books both new and older.
4 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
Our Mews(es)
Illustrator Bob Eckstein shares whimsical drawings of writers and their cats, excerpted from his newest book, Inspired by Cats, written with Nava Atlas.
1 min |
November / December 2025
Writer’s Digest
CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
Enrich your fiction with dreams, nightmares, and half-awake visions.
10+ min |