Author Leah Weiss shares her experience and top tips for writing compelling Appalachian folklore.

Author Ros Hill shares his experience of using the Notes app on his phone to write his debut novel.

In this interview, author Alan Barillaro discusses writing for anxious readers with his new picture book, Today We’ll Be Eaten.

Author Alison Levy shares some key components of the fantasy genre and why it often acts as a safe space for readers.

In this interview, bestselling author Eve Chase discusses how Joan Didion’s estate sale helped inspire her new mystery novel, The Secret Thread.

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

Career freelance writer and copywriter Robert W. Bly discusses the agony and the ecstasy of copywriting and how a human touch is always best.

Author Marian Yee asks why literary fan fiction is so appealing and focuses on specific “what if” questions to consider asking.

Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today’s prompt, write about something that is quintessentially summer for you.

In this interview, author Dana Swift discusses the relationship between humans and animals at the heart of her new YA fantasy, When Dealing with Dragons.

Deanna Martinez-Bey dives into the unseen grief of shelved projects and looks at options writers have for moving forward.

In this week’s round up from Script magazine, fully embrace rom-com tropes with Voicemails for Isabelle filmmaker Leah McKendrick, and more.

Author Jennifer Sklias-Gahan discusses her process of writing the house as character in her novel, The House in the Middle of the Street.

In this interview, author Alfredo Cáceres discusses the personal reasons for writing his new middle-grade graphic novel, Through the Black Gate.

Clay Stafford has a conversation with bestselling author Caitlin Rother on writing true crime and fictional thrillers, research, and more.

Here are the top live streams, podcasts, and YouTube channels as identified in the 27th Annual 101 Best Websites from the May/June 2025 issue of Writer’s Digest.

Award-winning writer Elisa Faison breaks down the need for writing a different kind of love story about marriage in fiction.

Deepen your sense of place and use the natural world to do more than decorate the page, plus more from Writer’s Digest!

In this interview, author Teddy Wayne discusses how a film inspired his new literary thriller, The Au Pair.

Award-winning writer and filmmaker Nicole Conn shares how writing music into fiction is one challenge, while translating to audio is another.

Don’t let the bad advice grind you down.

Author Lindsay Kent shares how being an identical twin shaped the psychological core of her debut thriller.

Award-winning author and podcaster Debra Eckerling provides pre-event planning tips for setting writers’ conference goals at future events.

In this interview, author E.L. Chen discusses how a love for self-aware horror movies helped inspire her new novel, Slasher Summer.