Writing Tips

Author Gail Lukasik shares how writing mystery novels helped her write two nonfiction books, including her “breakout” book.

Media coach Paula Rizzo shares why finding the right people to help with specific parts of your book launch can make all the difference in reaching your target audience.

If you’re a pro at spotting spelling and grammar mistakes, proofreading could be a great way for you to make some extra money. Here’s how you can find proofreading jobs.

Matthew Adams explains nine differences between US and UK English and includes some tips on how to convert between the two.

Author Deanna Martinez-Bey discusses perfectionism in writing and shares strategies for overcoming the pressure to be flawless.

In this interview, author Beth Kander discusses how entering a competition at the last minute led to her writing her new literary novel, I Made It Out Of Clay.

Actions have consequences—that’s what makes a story tick. A story begins when events around a character push them into action. Those actions create new situations, and those situations push the character into even tougher choices. Watching this chain reaction unfold is what keeps readers glued to the pages. When we call a story “entertaining,” we’re The post The Ripple Effect: How to Weave Plot with Character appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERS®.

Collected here is one piece of advice for writers from seven different short story authors featured in our author spotlight series in 2024, including Sally Wen Mao, Deepa Rajagopalan, Greg Sarris, Naomi Wood, and more.

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Chris Saunders discusses the importance of finding your writing niche and how writers can make the most of it.

In this interview, author Joshua Corin discusses how getting reacquainted with Golden Age mysteries helped inspire his new YA mystery, Assume Nothing.

Wondering how to make money blogging? Here’s where to start your search for blogging jobs.

Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write an only one poem.

Presenting the January/February 2025 issue of Writer’s Digest, featuring articles to help you write your next great story and an interview with Booker Prize-winner Pat Barker.

Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today’s prompt, write about a perfect day gone awry.

Just a quick head’s up — if you want signed, personalized books of mine from Doylestown Bookshop, the 12th is the last day to order. We’ve passed the point of them being able to guarantee holiday delivery, though you can definitely pick up in store. (They can still be sent, and maybe they’ll arrive by

In this interview, bestselling author Joseph Knox discusses how his fascination with grifters helped lead to his new thriller novel, Imposter Syndrome.

Collected here is one piece of advice for writers from 15 different young adult fiction authors featured in our author spotlight series in 2024, including Kara Thomas, Ronni Davis, Amanda Glaze, Desmond Hall, Tiffany Wang, Samira Ahmed, and more.

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, novelist turned showrunner Blake Crouch shares some challenges and rewards adapting his own work.

Award-winning author Tara Deal shares a reason for writers and readers to try novellas, including four tips for writing them and a sneaky good novella reading list.