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2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 30
2020-04-30 05:20
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a praise poem. We’ve made it through from the beginning of the month to the en… Read More
Your Story #106
2020-04-29 19:13
Image from Getty Prompt: Write the opening line to a story based on the photo prompt above. (One sentence only.) You can be poignant, funny, witty, etc.; it is, after all, your story. Email… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 29
2020-04-29 05:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a “Total Blank” poem. We’re almost there. Let’s do this. For… Read More
Dream Scene
2020-04-28 14:00
This week’s writing prompt is inspired by the fact that I just woke up from a very strange dream. Creative Writing Prompt: Dream Scene Write a scene in which a character tries to make… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 28
2020-04-28 06:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a look back and/or don’t look back poem. Here we are: The final “Two-for… Read More
Ad Astra: Market Spotlight
2020-04-27 20:00
For this week’s market spotlight, we look at the Ad Astra, the quarterly magazine of the National Space Society. Ad Astra: Market Spotlight Ad Astra is the official publication of the… Read More
12 Richard Adams Quotes From Watership Down
2020-04-27 18:28
Here are 12 memorable Richard Adams quotes from his classic novel, Watership Down. Find quotes on success, nature, friendship, and much more. Richard Adams began Watership Down by telling st… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 27
2020-04-27 04:31
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a massive poem. After today’s poem, we’ll be only three days from the fi… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 26
2020-04-26 04:51
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a change poem. For today’s prompt, write a change poem. This could be a poem a… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 25
2020-04-25 05:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a remix poem. For today’s prompt, write a remix poem. That is, take one (or mo… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 24
2020-04-24 05:12
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a nature poem. With hindsight, this probably would’ve been a more natural prom… Read More
Vintage WD: Must The Novelist Crusade?
2020-04-23 11:49
In this February 1970 Writer’s Digest article, Eudora Welty argues that, “Fiction is not meant to be a disguise for propaganda. A story should speak for itself as a story.”… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 23
2020-04-23 05:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a “Social Blank” poem. We only have a week of this challenge remaining… Read More
2020-04-22 05:36
For today’s prompt, write a quirk poem. The quirk could be a personal or human quality. Or it could be a quirk of fate. Here’s my attempt: “Patting My Belly” As long… Read More
Earth Day
2020-04-21 14:00
Earth Day is tomorrow! Most of us are already reducing carbon emissions by staying indoors. What else are you doing to help the environment? Creative Writing Prompt: Earth Day Write a scene… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 21
2020-04-21 05:40
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a love and/or anti-love poem. We’re three weeks into the challenge now, which… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 20
2020-04-20 06:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write an isolation poem. While I write my poems in April, I figure out the prompts in Febr… Read More
10 Best Shakespeare Sonnets And Poems
2020-04-20 00:34
Discover the 10 best Shakespeare sonnets and poems, including explanations for the rankings and links to the actual poems. As much as I love Shakespeare’s plays, I may draw more enjoym… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 19
2020-04-19 06:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a six words poem. For today’s prompt, write a poem that uses the following six… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 18
2020-04-18 06:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a message poem. After today’s poem, we’ll be 60 percent of the way throu… Read More
Samantha Mabry: Author Spotlight
2020-04-17 13:08
In this author spotlight, Samantha Mabry, author of Tigers, Not Daughters, shares her inspiration for the title of the new young adult novel and the most surprising part of writing the… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 17
2020-04-17 06:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write an exotic poem. If you didn’t catch it yet, I’m super excited today, bec… Read More
Announcing Shakespeare Week!
2020-04-16 15:36
For the week of April 19 through April 26, WritersDigest.com plans to celebrate William Shakespeare and his influence on writing and storytelling with Shakespeare Week! While history is fill… Read More
Vintage WD: The Author In Russia
2020-04-16 12:13
Some of the most interesting articles from the Writer’s Digest archives are the ones that address topics that affected writers of the time. In this 1937 article, journalist Eugene Lyon… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 16
2020-04-16 06:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a “The Last Blank” poem. We’re now officially on the second half o… Read More
The Cold Open: Facing The Blank Page
2020-04-15 16:29
It’s any writer’s greatest fear: Facing the blank page with no ideas to get started. William Kenower shares how to get into the right mindset to begin writing and find your muse… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 15
2020-04-15 06:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a dream poem. Once we get through today’s poem, we’ll be half of the way… Read More
Bonnie Tsui: Author Spotlight
2020-04-14 18:20
Bonnie Tsui, author of the new book Why We Swim, shares the patience required to write a book about living people and why she chose the publisher she did. Bonnie Tsui (c) Lynsay Skiba N… Read More
Dear Diary
2020-04-14 15:20
Characters reading letters or diary entries is a great way to reveal backstory and a character’s thoughts. Some books, such as Bridget Jones’s Diary and The Guernsey Literary and… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 14
2020-04-14 06:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a form and/or anti-form poem. We’re two weeks into the challenge now, and our… Read More
Crazyhorse: Market Spotlight
2020-04-13 23:35
For this week’s market spotlight, we look at the Crazyhorse, a literary journal that publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Open submission period is February 1-May 31, 2020. Crazy… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 13
2020-04-13 05:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a purpose poem. For today’s prompt, write a purpose poem. Many people like to… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 12
2020-04-12 08:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a spirit poem. For today’s prompt, write a spirit poem. Poets may write about… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 11
2020-04-11 08:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a control poem. For today’s prompt, write a control poem. That is, write about… Read More
Author Spotlight: Maisy Card
2020-04-10 17:37
In this edition of our Author Spotlight, debut novelist Maisy Card shares where she got the inspiration for her novel These Ghosts Are Family and how many people actually work on a book… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 10
2020-04-10 08:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a the-blank-who-blank poem. Wow! So, we’ll be a third of the way through this… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 9
2020-04-09 08:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write an ekphrastic poem. For today’s prompt, write an ekphrastic poem. An ekphrasti… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 8
2020-04-08 08:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a future poem. For today’s prompt, write a future poem. The future is a never… Read More
Author Spotlight: Afia Atakora
2020-04-07 18:47
Afia Atakora’s debut novel, Conjure Women, is released today. In this Author Spotlight, she shares her process for writing the book and the best piece of advice she got along the… Read More
Writing The Stream
2020-04-07 15:00
Stream-of-consciousness can provide some of the most interesting writing. We’re going to try it in this week’s writing exercise. Creative Writing Prompt: Writing the Stream Wri… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 7
2020-04-07 08:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a lucky and/or unlucky poem. We’re a week into the challenge now, and we get t… Read More
Regal House Publishing: Market Spotlight
2020-04-07 02:47
For this week’s market spotlight, we look at Regal House Publishing, an independent literary press. Regal House Publishing: Market Spotlight Regal House Publishing was founded in 2014… Read More
Polishing Your Prose: Tips For Self-Editing
2020-04-06 20:33
Help your freelance writing land better with editors and increase your chances of getting published with these 11 proven tips for self-editing. So you wrote your article or essay and feel r… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 6
2020-04-06 08:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a trap poem. When we finish today’s poem, we’ll be officially 20% of the… Read More
Personal Essay Awards
2020-04-05 15:20
Want to manage your competitions account? Log In Here COMING SOON We’re looking for personal essays! Think you can write a winning essay in 2,000 words or less? Enter the first ever… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 5
2020-04-05 08:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a moment poem. For today’s prompt, write a moment poem. The moment could be th… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 4
2020-04-04 08:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a wish poem. For today’s prompt, write a wish poem. The poem could be about ma… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 3
2020-04-03 08:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a follow blank poem. I always like to say that poets who show for the first three da… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 2
2020-04-02 08:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a space poem. Welcome to day two of the April Poem-A-Day Challenge. Anyone can show… Read More
2020 April PAD Challenge: Day 1
2020-04-01 08:00
Write a poem every day of April with the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge. For today’s prompt, write a new world poem. Today is the first day of the 2020 April Poem-A-Day Challenge! Eac… Read More
Fairy Tale Remake
2020-03-31 15:00
For this week’s writing prompt, we’re going to go with the classic remaking a fairy tale idea. Creative Writing Prompt: Fairy Tale Remake Write a scene that puts a character or… Read More
How I Got My Agent: J.R.H. Lawless
2020-03-25 16:30
Author J.R.H. Lawless shares how he landed his literary agent, Marisa Corvisiero of the Corvisiero Literary Agency, while getting his novel, Always Greener, published. My path to representat… Read More
Do Writers Need Literary Agents?
2020-03-24 21:29
Do writers need literary agents to get published and find success with their writing? Are there times when getting an agent doesn’t make sense? We answer these questions here. Before I… Read More
Exercise Of Perspective
2020-03-24 14:46
Since we’re all staying indoors, let’s celebrate spring with a writing prompt. Creative Writing Prompt: Exercise of Perspective Write a scene from an animal’s perspective… Read More

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