Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write a bright side poem.

Heidi Pitlor, author of the new novel IMPERSONATION, spoke with WD about how ghostwriting, political memoirs, and her other job as series editor for The Best American Short Stories influenced the captivating story.

Write the opening line to a story based on the photo prompt above. (One sentence only.) You can be poignant, funny, witty, etc.; it is, after all, your story.

Sometimes, finding the structure to tell your story can be most of the work.

Author Jennie Fields shares the inspiration behind her new novel, Atomic Love, and her advice for other writers.

ENTER NOW! Deadline: November 16, 2020. Writer’s Digest’s competition for short fiction. Send us your best...in 1,500 words or fewer.

ENTER NOW Deadline: 9/21/2020 Writer’s Digest’s Self-Published E-book Awards is currently accepting entries. This is the only Writer’s Digest competition exclusively for self-published e-books.

The WD Poetic Form Challenge is your opportunity to write and share a poem (quintilla this time around) for a chance to get published in the Poetic Asides column in Writer's Digest.

The best true crime books thread the needle between nonfiction (these things did happen) and narrative (a compelling story). In this post, Jax Miller shares five things for writers to consider when writing true crime books.

Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, something breaks and the characters respond.

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Here are 10 equal quotes from Animal Farm, by George Orwell. In the same novella that captures an animal revolution and its aftermath on an English farm, Animal Farm provides plenty of quotable moments.

Here are the top general resource websites as identified in the 22nd Annual 101 Best Websites from the May/June 2020 issue of Writer's Digest.

Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write a blanket poem.

New literary agent alerts (with this spotlight featuring Jennifer Herrington of Harvey Klinger Agency) are golden opportunities for new writers because each one is a literary agent who is likely building his or her client list.

In this post, Jeanne Mackin shares why she prefers writing historical fiction, how research guides her writing process, what her best piece of writing advice is, and more!

Learn the winner and Top 10 list for the Writer’s Digest Poetic Form Challenge for the ya-du.

Learn when to use compliment vs. complement vs. supplement with Grammar Rules from the Writer's Digest editors, including a few examples of correct usages.

Every good story needs a nice (or not so nice) turn or two to keep it interesting. This week, let's see how introducing a new person impacts the plot.

In this article from our March 2020 issue, Larry Brooks explains the 8 facets that make up the premise of a winning story.

Novelist Michelle Cameron explain why she's driven to write Jewish historical fiction and why it's not about the Holocaust.

Here are the top websites by and about agents as identified in the 22nd Annual 101 Best Websites from the May/June 2020 issue of Writer's Digest.