Writer's Digest

Marlon James is a New York Times bestselling and awardwinning novelist and educator. His novel A Brief History of Seven Killings won the 2015 Man Booker Prize and was also a New York Times Notable Book. James is also the author of The Book of Night W

Did you know there’s a national magazine devoted exclusively to the portable toilet industry? One might wonder what would be left to write about after two or three issues, but Portable Restroom Operator has been chugging along monthly since 2008. I’v

Stephanie Delman grew up in the San Francisco Bay area, studied writing seminars at Johns Hopkins University, and moved to New York after college. “I spent nearly 10 years at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates,” she says. “In the fall of 2021, I co-fo

Again, Essie? (Picture book fiction, May, Charlesbridge Publishing) “Rafael tries to save his toys from his baby sister, Essie, by building a wall from shoeboxes, toilet paper rolls, and other household objects in this playful exploration of spatial

Now in its 24th year, the Annual 101 Best Websites for Writers list has been singling out some of the best resources for aspiring and established writers across all genres. This list offers a mix of WD favorites, readernominated sites, and some perso

It’s becoming more and more common for aspiring authors take to Twitter, distilling their books down to 280 characters or fewer, in hopes of attracting the attention of an agent or acquiring editor. On a specific day, they’ll post a tweet tagged with

There’s a running joke among Doctor Who fans concerning “reverse the polarity of the neutron flow,” a seemingly nonsensical phrase designed to sound like science without actually meaning anything.1 This is one of many more or less meaningless bits of

Every year, there is some new form of technology introduced into the “writersphere,” and each one seems as though it has the ability to help you write in a way that you have never written before (or would ever have thought to write). Many of them, wh

Roman empresses. Renaissance mistresses. Spies in World War I. Codebreakers, bomber pilots, and snipers of World War II. Kate Quinn has an affinity for bringing to life the stories of women who confound expectations and change the outcomes of some of

Taylor Jenkins Reid is the New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter of several novels that explore love in all its complexity. She writes and speaks candidly about women’s issues, relationships, marriage, and the writing process. Her books

A pregnant writer goes to the cemetery to visit her father’s gravesite. She stands there, contemplating the fact that there is a body in the ground before her and a body that she carries inside her and that she can’t see either of them. She thinks ab

Every so often, someone on Twitter starts a fight (as one does) about the difference between romances and romantic comedies. This might seem like a silly argument, but the distinction is important. Readers expecting a rollicking romantic comedy may f

THE CHALLENGE: Write the opening line to a story based on the photo prompt below. CONTEST #114 1 When the sky over New Detroit began to boil, only the old-timers knew better than to stick around to watch what was surely the inevitable. —Katie Rose Ye

Solve the crossword using the clues below, which all refer to websites on the 101 Best Websites for Writers list. 1. Toothy blog about querying agents 2. Blog that packs a punch 4. A site to sketch a Compass Rose for your characters 9. A global marke