Writer’s Digest Magazine - July - August 2023

In this issue

This Changes Everything
Five steps to approach writing your story’s inciting incident.
BY RAN WALKER

Praising Connection in Poetry, Family, and Life
Purvi Shah, winner of the 17th Annual Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards, shares the story behind her winning poem, “Helix of the gift, lineage song.”
BY ROBERT LEE BREWER

The Literature of Comic Books
Trace the rise of comic books from “disposable entertainment for children” to graphic novels telling the most important stories of our time.
BY DON VAUGHAN

The Hemingway Home & Museum - Literary Tourism, Part 1

To the seasoned literary tourist*, the Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum might seem too obvious a choice to launch a series about the best writer homes, haunts, and hubs around the world.

6 mins

Write It Out

Writing prompts to boost your creativity.

1 min

Sacha Black, Ruby Roe

The Anatomy of a Best Seller: 3 Steps to Deconstruct Winning Books and Teach Yourself Craft; 8 Steps to Side Characters: How to Craft Supporting Roles With Intention, Purpose, and Power; A Game of Hearts and Heists (Nonfiction writing craft; sapphic fantasy romance; Atlas Black Publishing)

2 mins

This Changes Everything

Five steps to approach writing your story's inciting incident.

8 mins

Structure at the Chapter Level

Keep 'em reading with irresistible Big Bang-Cliff Hangs.

8 mins

Building the Essential Linkages

Ten ways to craft the connective tissue your story needs.

9 mins

Double the Fun

Writing a manuscript with dual points of view can be a challenge, but it can also be rewarding for both you and readers if it serves the story. Here's how.

8 mins

The Pocket Guide to Pantsing

How to write a novel without an outline (with confidence).

8 mins

The Literature of Comic Books

Trace the rise of comic books from \"disposable entertainment for children\" to graphic novels telling the most important stories of our time.

10 mins

Praising Connection in Poetry. Family, and Life

Purvi Shah, winner of the 17th Annual Writer's Digest Poetry Awards, shares the story behind her winning poem, \"Helix of the gift, lineage song.\"

3 mins

Luis Alberto Urrea

The bestselling novelist shares the forgotten \"fated\" true story behind his new novel and why he encourages writers to find joy in what they do.

10+ mins

Captive Audience

THE CHALLENGE: Write a drabble-a short story of exactly 100 words-based on the photo prompt below.

1 min

Agentspotlight

Seasoned literary agents on the business of publishing.

4 mins

Building Better Worlds

Tips for making your story concrete.

5 mins

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