Mixed Media: How Music, Newspapers, and Art Can Spark and Structure Compelling Short Fiction
The Art of Retelling Existing Short Fiction
The Unexpected: Irony and the Short Story
The Challenges (and Opportunities) of Writing a Family Saga
What's Said and Unsaid: Crafting Dialogue in Fiction
Editing and Revising Your Romance Novel
I Got This Idea...: How to Turn Ideas Into Stories
How to Write an Opening That Pulls the Reader In
Point of View: Special Issues for the Mystery and Thriller Writer
The Writer’s Digest Guide to Plot: 126 Tropes, 125 Plot Twist Prompts, and Plot Advice From Award-Winning and Bestselling Authors
Setting the Scene
Kickstarting Your YA Novel
How and Why to Add Romance to Any Story You Tell
Writing Mysteries for the YA Market
How Much Research is Necessary to Serve Your Story?
The Four Tools Every Armchair Historian Needs When Writing and Researching
Being a Generalist vs. Being a Specialist in Nonfiction
Master Pacing: How Secrets, Twists, and Foreshadowing Amp Things Up
Creating Nonstop Plotting in Commercial Fiction
How to Keep Readers Engaged
Thinking Beyond the First Book
Creating Compelling Near Future Worlds in Science Fiction
The Challenges and Advantages of Amateur Sleuths
10 Forensic Faux Pas & How to Get Away With Murder!