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.

FROM OUR TEAM • WD posed the question to our entire staff: “What’s the best advice you can offer writers based on the work you do for WD?” They responded:

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors Eligible Bridget Jones’s Diary

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CONTRIBUTORS

Celebrating the Writer’s Digest Annual Conference 2022

To Plot or Not to Plot • Great Writers Share Their Secrets for Starting a Novel

Worth a Thousand Words

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

Write What You Know

The Problem with Promotion Isn’t What You Think It Is

Steve Harpster

How I Punched Up My Fiction to Get Out of the Slush Pile • Making sense of the publishing world.

Kate Baer

Alice Tasman • JEAN V. NAGGAR LITERARY AGENCY INC

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

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.

Writing What You Know: Yourself • Mine five areas of your life to make every part of your writing more unique and richly layered.

Tropes and Why We Love Them • Genre conventions may seem overused, but here’s why they can work.

Mastering Plot Twists • Keep readers turning the pages by using Jane K. Cleland’s Plotting Road Map, no matter the genre.

A Teaching Success Story: TRDs Lead to Analytical Reading

Why Plot?

Querying: These Days, We’re All Just Trying Our Best • One literary agent’s tips for making your query stand out, even in a chaotic world.

Making It Past the First Round • A writing competition judge offers advice for entrants to make the most of their writing competition submissions.

Neil deGrasse Tyson • The world-renowned astrophysicist shares his cosmic perspectives on writing and on life.

The Tree Stands Alone • THE CHALLENGE: Write the opening line to a story based on the photo prompt below.

ON NEGATIVE SPACE • WRITING TIPS FROM MASTER OF FINE ARTS PROGRAMS AND CANDIDATES

FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK • A literary agent’s mostly serious answers to your mostly serious questions.

ALL ABOUT THE PITCH • Covering the tips, tricks, and tactics for capturing the attention of an assigning editor so you don’t get ghosted.

7 Inside-the-Box Publishing Rules That Writers Can Break (Or, at the Very Least, Bend)

Interstitial Writing: The Worthy In-Between • Advice and tips to boost your writing skills.

Tackling Technology • Tips for making your story concrete.

Old Story, New Tricks: How to Put Your Own Spin on Classic Tales • Writing and publishing advice for picture books, middle-grade, and young adult storytelling.

CONFERENCE SCENE • Events to advance your craft, connections, and career.

Promoting Inclusion at Your Conference

CONFERENCE GUIDE

POTPOURRI FOR THE PEN • An aromatic blend of writerly diversions.