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.
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Can Writing Be Taught? • The age-old question has an answer at last.
Flying Domestic • If you’re piloting the freelance plane, looking to your local and regional publications can be the smartest way to break in. Here’s how.
Worth a Thousand Words
Thrilled
Poetic asides • No matter what you write, a bit of poetic license can be a valuable asset to any writer’s arsenal.
100 Years of Writer’s Digest • In celebration of our 100th anniversary in 2020, WD is selecting the best past articles to showcase again.
INDIELAB • New rules. New strategies. New paths to success.
Sarah Smith • DAVID BLACK LITERARY AGENCY
BREAKING IN • Debut authors: How they did it, what they learned, and why you can do it, too.
THINK SMALL, WIN BIG • Their reach may appear small, but independent publishers offer great benefits to authors. Here are 23 presses open to your submissions.
THE INDIE TRUTH • You’ve decided to submit your manuscript to an independent publisher. Now what? The staff of four indie presses answer WD’s questions about small publishers.
Meet The Staff
READ A BOOK TO BEGIN A BOOK • Stuck trying to find a way to begin your next story? Try gleaning inspiration from these 10 famous novels that break the usual rules of writing in their first lines.
THE WD INTERVIEW Chigozie Obioma • The An Orchestra of Minorities author discusses the most challenging parts of penning his Booker Prize–shortlisted novel and the Igbo culture that influenced the story.
THE MORE AND LESS OF WRITING HUMOROUS FICTION • Writing humor takes serious skill. But by exaggerating and downplaying the comedy in real life, you can easily make your fiction even funnier.
FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK • A literary agent’s mostly serious answers to your mostly serious questions.
Liberation Day • THE CHALLENGE: Write a short story of 650 words or fewer based on the photo below.
ENTER YOUR STORY
Hot Tip
Your Nonfiction Book Proposal • IS YOUR IDEA BOOK WORTHY?
Idea Stealing
Publishing Is a Business. So What?
TAKE TWO • Lessons from the world of screenwriting to inform, inspire, and incite action!
NOTES FROM THE MARGINS
A World With More Poetry—Breaking Into Rattle Magazine
Submitting to the Rattle-Verse
CONFERENCE SCENE • Events to advance your craft, connections, and career.
How to Promote Your Writing Conference
CONFERENCE GUIDE
CONFERENCE GUIDE APRIL 2020
POTPOURRI FOR THE PEN • An aromatic blend of writerly diversions.