Writers Digest (unofficial)Apr 30, 2020
Richard Matheson: Science Fiction Is Unlimited https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/richard-matheson-science-fiction-is-unlimited #WritingScienceFiction&Fantasy #Writer'sDigest100 #TheWriter'sDig #sciencefiction #writingfiction #VintageWD #fantasy
Richard Matheson: Science Fiction Is Unlimited | Writer's Digest

This 1956 article by renowned science-fiction writer Richard Matheson explains his thoughts about the limitless possibilities in the genre.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Apr 23, 2020
Vintage WD: Must the Novelist Crusade? https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/vintage-wd-must-the-novelist-crusade #Writer'sDigest100 #TheWriter'sDig #writingfiction #VintageWD
Vintage WD: Must the Novelist Crusade? | Writer's Digest

In this 1970 WD article, Eudora Welty argues that, "Fiction is not meant to be a disguise for propaganda. A story should speak for itself as a story."

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Apr 16, 2020
Vintage WD: The Author in Russia https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/vintage-wd-the-authors-in-russia #Writer'sDigest100 #TheWriter'sDig #Censorship #VintageWD
Vintage WD: The Author in Russia | Writer's Digest

In this 1937 article, journalist Eugene Lyons wrote about his observations of the censorship of authors in Russia during the first decades of the Soviet Union.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Apr 9, 2020
Vintage WD: Murder for Profit, Mystery Story Techniques Part 2 https://www.writersdigest.com/writing-articles/by-writing-genre/mystery-thriller/vintage-wd-murder-for-profit-mystery-story-techniques-part-2 #HowtoWriteaMystery,WritingThrillers #Writer'sDigest100 #TheWriter'sDig #VintageWD #mystery
Vintage WD: Murder for Profit, Mystery Story Techniques Part 2 | Writer's Digest

In part 2 of the 1931 article about mystery story techniques, George Dyer offers tips for how to drop hints about who the real criminal of the story is.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Apr 2, 2020
Vintage WD: Murder for Profit, Mystery Story Techniques Part 1 https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/vintage-wd-murder-for-profit-mystery-story-techniques-part-1 #HowtoWriteaMystery,WritingThrillers #Writer'sDigest100 #TheWriter'sDig #VintageWD #mystery
Vintage WD: Murder for Profit, Mystery Story Techniques Part 1 | Writer's Digest

In part 1 of this April 1931 WD article, George Dyer shares mystery story techniques that will ensure your readers will be left satisfied, not disappointed.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Mar 26, 2020
Writing for Very Small Children: Finding the Story https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/writing-for-very-small-children-finding-the-story #writingforchildren&youngadults #children'sfiction #Writer'sDigest100 #Children'sbooks #TheWriter'sDig #VintageWD
Writing for Very Small Children: Finding the Story | Writer's Digest

In this piece from the Writer's Digest archives, T.C. O'Donnell shares the importance of finding the core of the story when writing for very small children.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Mar 19, 2020
Vintage WD: Chris Bohjalian, The WD Interview https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/vintage-wd-chris-bohjalian-the-wd-interview #Writer'sDigest100 #authorinterviews #TheWriter'sDig #writingfiction #VintageWD
Vintage WD: Chris Bohjalian, The WD Interview | Writer's Digest

Chris Bohjalian's newest book, The Red Lotus, was released this week. To celebrate, here's Jessica Strawser's 2014 interview with Chris Bohjalian in which they discuss his passion for the craft and his goal to never write the same book twice.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Mar 16, 2020
Vintage WD: Second Thoughts About Censors https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/vintage-wd-second-thoughts-about-censors #Writer'sDigest100 #TheWriter'sDig #Censorship #VintageWD
Vintage WD: Second Thoughts About Censors | Writer's Digest

Today is Freedom of Information day and while censorship isn't necessarily the same as withholding information, they are, to some degree, related. Here's a piece from the November 1965 issue of WD by Alma Boice Holland with her thoughts about censors and the arts.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Mar 12, 2020
Vintage WD: Jay Anson, The Man Who Wrote The Amityville Horror https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/vintage-wd-jay-anson-the-man-who-wrote-the-amityville-horror #Writer'sDigest100 #authorinterviews #TheWriter'sDig #VintageWD
Vintage WD: Jay Anson, The Man Who Wrote The Amityville Horror | Writer's Digest

Jay Anson, author of The Amityville Horror, died on this day in 1980. Read the full Writer's Digest profile of the author from March 1979.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Mar 5, 2020
Vintage WD: Decoding the Secrets to Selling Popular Fiction, Part 2 https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/vintage-wd-decoding-the-secrets-to-selling-popular-fiction-part-2 #HowtoWriteaRomanceNovel,RomanceWriting #HowtoWriteaMystery,WritingThrillers #HowtoImproveWritingSkills #Writer'sDigest100 #TheWriter'sDig #writingfiction #WritingGenres #VintageWD #mystery #romance
Vintage WD: Decoding the Secrets to Selling Popular Fiction, Part 2 | Writer's Digest

Part 2 of this April 1981 WD article by Roy Sorrels and Megan Daniel about writing and selling popular fiction picks up where part 1 left off.

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