If you’re motivated to write for change in the world, no matter the topic, writing coach Nina Amir has 7 tips to help you achieve your goal. No matter the genre in which you write, your published work can transform you into a change agent...
Meet Amy Jones, former Managing Editor of Writer’s Digest Books, and the new Editor-in-Chief of Writer’s Digest magazine. Long before I started working for Writer’s Digest in late 2017, I was a fan of Writer’s Digest. But to trace m...
What should writers post on Instagram? What can writers post on a social network that is so focused on images? We dive in and share 10 things for writers to consider. The first question uninitiated writers may ask—and it’s a great quest...
Back in the 90s, right after I became proficient with Front Page, for two years I ran a website for “Home Schoolers” called, The Young Writer’s Showcase. Honestly, this little homemade website was VERY successful. But I al...
Writers and readers can be hard to buy for. I know I am! My family has completely given up on giving books to me in favor of giving gift cards to bookstores. But if you’d like to get a little more creative for the writer in your life this...
Novel and Short Story Writer’s Market 2020 editor Amy Jones announces what’s included in the 39th annual edition. I visited my local bookstore over the weekend and was pleasantly surprised to find the 2020 edition of the Novel & Sho...
For the release of her newest Stephanie Plum book, Twisted Twenty-Six, here are 8 Janet Evanovich quotes for writers and about writing from her February 2007 WD interview. Bestselling author Janet Evanovich has been interviewed more than on...
Keith Wain revisits the 1946 George Orwell essay “Why I Write” by looking at the relevance of each of the four key points in the digital era. [Editor’s Note: You can revisit the original essay “Why I Write” by George Orwell here.]...
All that work to sign up for a forum like this to get this off my chest… I’ve felt for a long while that I’ve failed myself. Ever since I was in middle school, I was writing television series spec scripts. Granted, they were short...
In part 3 of “steal these screenwriting secrets,” we delve into marketing and query letters. In other words, these are screenwriting secrets to steal after you write and specifically related to crafting killer query letters. In my Write...