Writers Digest (unofficial)Jul 3, 2019
Gaslighting and Writing Villains Who Make Your Spine Tingle https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/gaslighting-and-writing-villains #WriteBetterCharacters #WritingArticles #craft/technique #TheWriter'sDig #writingfiction #characters
Gaslighting and Writing Villains Who Make Your Spine Tingle | Writer's Digest

Writing villains can be a challenge but one approach is using gaslighting techniques on their victims. Learn more in this WD book excerpt.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Jun 28, 2019
How I Interviewed a Serial Killer and Stayed Sane https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/how-i-interviewed-a-serial-killer-and-stayed-sane #HowtoWriteaMystery,WritingThrillers #WritingShortStories&EssayWriting #FreelanceWriter,ArticleWriting #CreativeNonfictionWriting #HowtoImproveWritingSkills #WriteBetterCharacters #WritingYourFirstDraft #HistoricalFiction #TheWriter'sDig #interviewing #truecrime
How I Interviewed a Serial Killer and Stayed Sane | Writer's Digest

In order to write a section of her book Our Symphony With Animals, Dr. Aysha Akhtar had to talk to a serial killer. Here, she reveals how she stayed sane.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Jun 26, 2019
Using Story Tropes to Subvert Reader Expectations https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/using-story-tropes-to-subvert-reader-expectations #HowtoImproveWritingSkills #WriteBetterCharacters #TheWriter'sDig #inspiration #characters #tropes
Using Story Tropes to Subvert Reader Expectations | Writer's Digest

Taylor Simonds tells how being aware of the tropes of your genre and turning them upside down can help your work stand out in an oversaturated market.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Jun 7, 2019
Nothing Is Fiction https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/nothing-is-fiction #MemoirWriting&MemoirExamples #CreativeNonfictionWriting #writingindifferentgenres #WriteBetterCharacters #switchinggenres #TheWriter'sDig #GuestColumns
Nothing Is Fiction | Writer's Digest

Former journalist and award-winning fiction and nonfiction author Fred Waitzkin reveals how he made the leap from nonfiction writing to fiction writing.

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