Writer's Digest

Writer's Digest magazine is a comprehensive source of writing instruction for writers. Each issue provides advice and insider tips on writing and selling fiction, nonfiction, poetry and scripts.

Designing the Cover of NAIMERA: Sapient Quest • Designers peel back the layers of their book covers.

Writing Advice for Your Success

Writer’s Digest

CONTRIBUTORS

From Bucket List to Book • Plotting out your author career strategy.

90 Random Thoughts About Writing

An Author’s Bill of Rights • Longtime editor Joy Peskin details the treatment you deserve when working with a traditional publisher—and how to reciprocate.

Poetic asides • No matter what you write, a bit of poetic license can be a valuable asset to any writer’s arsenal.

Write It Out • Writing prompts to boost your creativity.

The Pep Talk We All Need Now and Then • New rules. New strategies. New paths to success.

Jen Karner

The Art of Quotation Marks • Making the most of the guideposts of writing.

DEAR SIMON • Your questions answered by a publishing expert.

Write What You Don’t Know

Catherine Jones UNION LITERARY

BREAKING IN • Debut authors: How they did it, what they learned, and why you can do it, too.

COMPARISON IS THE THIEF OF JOY (AND SUCCESS) • Don’t let the bad advice grind you down.

THE 3/1/52 CHALLENGE • How one year and a challenge from Ray Bradbury rewired my writing life.

THE ART OF THE SCAM • Social media and AI have made attempts to scam writers that much easier. The co-founder of Writer Beware details how to stay out of harm’s way.

THE WEIGHT OF EXPECTATIONS • Navigating a critique group while keeping your mental health intact.

THE BEST BOOK PUBLICITY YOU CAN DO YOURSELF • Crafting companion pieces to get the press your book deserves.

DECONSTRUCT YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS • Read like a writer to apply the lessons to your own work.

ROBERT B. PARKER, NIGHT PASSAGE

ADMIRING AN EXTENDED METAPHOR

AGINCOURT: VIVE LE … ENGLISH?

BRONX BOUND: A THRILLING PACE

Mia P. Manansala • The award-winning cozy author details her path to publishing success and writing the final book in the Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery series.

The Bamboo Forest • THE CHALLENGE: Write the opening line to a story based on the photo prompt below.

Agent Advice for Writing Success • What keeps a manuscript on my desk.

Truth in Disguise • Strategies for concealing identities in nonfiction.

7 Habits of Successful Writers

Writing Dreams • Advice and tips to boost your writing skills.

Into the Multiverse • Tips for making your story concrete.

The Art of the Novel-Turned-Graphic-Novel • Dr. Jewell Parker Rhodes’ acclaimed 2018 middle-grade novel Ghost Boys is back on bookshelves in a new graphic novel edition.

Tonal Variations • Learn to read like a writer from books both new and older.

CONFERENCE GUIDE

Publishing Tariffs • Writers Must Finally Pay Their Dues