Nervous about pitching to an agents at a writing conference? Valley of Shadows author Steven Cooper has a few tips to make sure your pitch is a success.
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Write a scene or story that includes a character receiving an invitation, or showing up to an event that they were invited to. What was the invitation for? What ensues after the invitation is accepted? Does the character feel like a fish out of water when they attend the event?
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Learn how to write successful queries for any genre of writing by breaking down the query letter and supplying links to example queries that worked.
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Twine author Monica Duncan shares her best revision secret: waiting and returning to edit a manuscript with fresh eyes.
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Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. This week, we look at the quintilla, a Spanish five-line form.
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Here are 14 William Faulkner quotes for writers and about writing from the author of As I Lay Dying, Light in August, and The Sound and the Fury. In these quotes, Faulkner covers writing, reading, dreaming, and more.
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Discover (and debate) the 10 best dystopian novels for writers ever written (with a few honorable mentions thrown in), according to Writer’s Digest Senior Editor Robert Lee Brewer.
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Literary agents are gatekeepers of the publishing industry. Find historical fiction literary agents open to submissions in this post. List will be updated regularly.
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Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started on the Poetic Asides blog. This week, write a practice poem.
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Here are 10 Robert Jordan quotes for writers and about writing from the author of the Wheel of Time series, books in the Conan the Barbarian series, and more. In these quotes, Jordan covers books, fools, reading, and more.
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