Registration is open! Writer's Digest Writing Retreat: Tuscany 2026
The Middle Grade Market: The Business of Writing and Publishing Books for Kids
Finding the Flaws: Writing Dimensional, Dynamic Characters
Be Your Own Gatekeeper: Indie Publishing Your Short Fiction
Departing from the Arc: New Patterns for Fresh Story Structure
From Crime Scene to Court Room: What Happens After The Body Is Found?
Writing and Publishing Myths Blocking Your Path to Success—and How to Overcome Them
The Physiology of Fear
How to Craft Scares
Finding Hope in Horror
What I Wish I'd Known When Starting Out in Horror
Terror vs. Horror
The Power of Setting in Your Novel
How to Weld Dread: Hanging and Carrying a Dark Mood From Start to Finish
Master Pacing: How Secrets, Twists, and Foreshadowing Amp Things Up
How to Make Murder Funny
9 Keys to Writing a Chilling, Compelling, Totally Addictive Psychological Thriller
Heroes vs. Anti-Heroes, the Ultimate Showdown
The Deadly Dozen: 12 Ways to Shoot Yourself in the Foot Writing a Crime Novel
Person, Place, or Crime: Where to Start Your Mystery
How to Use Conflict and Stakes to Raise Suspense
How To Write An Effective Action Scene
The Long and Short Of Short Mystery Story Writing, Revision, and Submission
Writing Secondary Characters Who Steal the Show
The Art of People Watching: Translating People into Words