Writer's Digest

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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Nuggets of Humor • Bestselling humor author Samantha Irby talks about her writing process and finding funny topics for essays.

Breaking Into Travel Writing • A travel writer and editor pulls back the curtain on stereotypes and myths about travel journalism with eight tips to help you snag assignments.

Poetic asides • No matter what you write, a bit of poetic license can be a valuable asset to any writer’s arsenal.

“Lullaby” by Nancy Shea

A Room Of My Own

100 Years of Writer’s Digest • In celebration of our 100th anniversary, WD is selecting the best past articles to showcase again.

INDIE LAB • New rules. New strategies. New paths to success.

Rayhané Sanders • MASSIE & MCQUILKIN LITERARY AGENTS

BREAKING IN • Debut authors: How they did it, what they learned, and why you can do it, too.

Party of ONE • Writing retreats don’t have to be expensive group trips to faraway destinations. A solo jaunt to a nearby locale could provide the writing breakthrough you need.

Everything Happens SOMEWHERE • Bringing scenes to life is a must for engaging fiction or nonfiction. Here are nine ways to reveal your setting.

TRANSFORMATION, Not Thread Count • The Best Women’s Travel Writing editor Lavinia Spaulding offers her best tips for a stellar travel essay.

Have Pen, WILL TRAVEL • Travel can be the most important tool writers have to inspire new work. An author recounts how journeys across the world have inspired his books.

THE WD INTERVIEW Robert Dugoni • The bestselling author opens up about his belief in the importance of craft and why writing across genres works for him.

“Quitting Time” WINS BIG • The winner of the 20th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition reveals his strategies for writing award-winning short Úction.

WINNER SPOTLIGHT: GREGORY JEFFERS

THE WINNERS

How to Travel the LUCRATIVE ROAD of TRAVEL WRITING • Whether you’re traveling to a bed-and-breakfast or to a tropical resort, you can share your destination with magazine readers. A full-time travel writer offers four tips to help you appeal to readers’—and editors’—senses.

FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK • A literary agent’s mostly serious answers to your mostly serious questions.

Taking the Lead • THE CHALLENGE: Write a short story of 650 words or fewer based on the photo below.

ENTER YOUR STORY

SETTING THE STAGE

TAKE TWO • Lessons from the world of screenwriting to inform, inspire, and incite action!

NOTES FROM THE MARGINS

Travel Publishers That Work With Freelancers • To increase your chances of landing that coveted assignment for a travel guidebook, you need to find out what the publishers are looking for. Here are links to their submission guidelines with a few special requests and tips called out.

Tracking Submissions

Pitching in Times of Uncertainty

8 Travel Magazines to Pitch

CONFERENCE SCENE • Events to advance your craft, connections, and career.

Tips for Conference Presenters

CONFERENCE GUIDE

POTPOURRI FOR THE PEN • An aromatic blend of writerly diversions.