Writing Fiction Based On Your Life (with Jessica Berg)
How do you write what you know? By writing fiction based on your life. This doesn't mean writing memoir or simply changing the names of the people in your life: It could be a passing comment you hear ...
20 Touko 202533min
BONUS EPISODE: Writer's Digest is Going to England!
Writer's Digest is heading to England! From September 12-20, you can join managing editor Moriah Richard and literary agent Amy Collins in London and Bath for the writing retreat of a lifetime! Listen...
7 Touko 202528min
How to Be a More Media-Savvy Author (with Paula Rizzo)
The first job of a writer is to actually write their book. The next is to promote it. But getting in front of a camera or microphone and talking to a live audience isn't as easy at it may sound, and a...
15 Huhti 202539min
Writing Whatever You Want (with author Hilary Leichter)
In publishing, we spend a lot of time talking about genre, and a lot of authors know exactly what genre they're interested in writing in. But what about writers who have story ideas that don't easily ...
18 Maalis 202537min
Getting Started In Screenwriting
Screenwriting is a completely different animal than novel writing—there are different rules, there are different ways to get feedback, there are different expectations...but understanding screenwritin...
18 Helmi 202540min
How to Fictionalize Personal History: A Chat With Sharon Short
Sometimes, our own personal family history where elements of it make for the perfect story—but what do you do if the history itself works best in a totally different era, or a dog makes more sense to ...
17 Joulu 202434min
How Fight Scenes Can Reveal Character—and More!
Fight scenes in fiction aren't just physical—they can be psychological, emotional, and often setting our characters up for any kind of fight helps us understand them better. Why they walk the way they...
19 Marras 20241h 2min
From Self Publishing to Traditional Publishing: An Interview with Zenda Walker
In 2021, author Zenda Walker won grand prize in Writer's Digest's 29th Annual Self-Published Book Awards for her picture book, Zara's Wash Day. Since then, she landed a two-book traditional book deal,...
17 Syys 202445min
