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I was privileged to meet P.D.James briefly when she did a talk at Goldsmiths College about the creative process and planning behind her detective novels. Her stature was small and slim. You would walk right past her in the street and think nothing of her. Yet the dogged determination to write in a genre that was male-dominated then was incredible and inspiring.
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Writers Digest (unofficial)Apr 16, 2020
Telling the Stories of War: Author Roundtable https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/telling-the-stories-of-war-author-roundtable #authorinterviews #TheWriter'sDig #WritingGenres #nonfiction
Telling the Stories of War: Author Roundtable | Writer's Digest

Three award-winning journalists discuss their unique approaches to writing war stories of American military history with Writer's Digest columnist Don Vaughn.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Mar 10, 2020
Writing Tips for Retelling Shakespeare: From Atwood’s Hag-Seed to Updike’s Gertrude and Claudius https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/writing-tips-for-retelling-shakespeare-from-atwoods-hag-seed-to-updikes-gertrude-and-claudius #LiteraryFictionWriting #WilliamShakespeare #TheWriter'sDig #writingfiction #WritingGenres #GuestColumns
Writing Tips for Retelling Shakespeare: From Atwood's Hag-Seed to Updike's Gertrude and Claudius | Writer's Digest

Novelist Pat McKee shares 5 writing tips he learned while retelling Shakespeare's play Tempest as the novel Ariel's Island.

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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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Writers Digest (unofficial)Feb 27, 2020
Vintage WD: Decoding the Secrets to Selling Popular Fiction, Part 1 https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/vintage-wd-decoding-the-secrets-to-selling-writing-popular-fiction-part-1 #HowtoWriteaRomanceNovel,RomanceWriting #HowtoWriteaMystery,WritingThrillers #Writer'sDigest100 #WritingArticles #TheWriter'sDig #writingfiction #WritingGenres #VintageWD #mystery #romance
Vintage WD: Decoding the Secrets to Selling Popular Fiction, Part 1 | Writer's Digest

In this article about writing popular fiction like murder mysteries or regency romances, Roy Sorrels and Megan Daniel share some of their best tips.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Aug 26, 2019
Writing About Your Life Without Ruining Your Relationships https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/writing-about-your-life-without-ruining-your-relationships #LiteraryFictionWriting #WritingArticles #TheWriter'sDig #writingfiction #WritingGenres #characters #memoir
Writing About Your Life Without Ruining Your Relationships | Writer's Digest

"Write what you know" is common writing advice, but when it comes to mining what you know about your friends and family for stories, you enter delicate territory, as Mark Guerin shares in this guest post.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Aug 23, 2019
Using Facts As the Base of Science Fiction https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/using-facts-as-the-base-of-science-fiction #WritingScienceFiction&Fantasy #WritingArticles #TheWriter'sDig #sciencefiction #WritingGenres
Using Facts As the Base of Science Fiction | Writer's Digest

Miracle Man author William R. Leibowitz tells how to base science fiction on fact so that stories seem plausible—without boring the reader.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Aug 14, 2019
Genealogy Research and the Crime Novelist https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/genealogy-research-and-the-crime-novelist #HowtoWriteaMystery,WritingThrillers #creativewritingexercises #TheWriter'sDig #WritingGenres #mystery
Genealogy Research and the Crime Novelist | Writer's Digest

Mystery writer Kristen Lepionka shares how her love of solving mysteries led her to researching her family history, and what genealogists and mystery writers have in common.

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Aug 13, 2019
Life Into Fiction: Turning a True Event Into a Compelling Story https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/life-into-fiction-turning-a-true-event-into-a-compelling-story #personalwriting #TheWriter'sDig #WritingGenres #fiction
Life Into Fiction: Turning a True Event Into a Compelling Story | Writer's Digest

Lawyer and crime novelist Stephanie Kane delves into the complications and rewards of using real-life events as inspiration for writing compelling fiction. 

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Writers Digest (unofficial)Jul 8, 2019
Trauma: What Happens When We Put It On the Page? https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/trauma-what-happens-when-we-put-it-on-the-page #MemoirWriting&MemoirExamples #CreativeNonfictionWriting #WritingArticles #TheWriter'sDig #WritingGenres #memoir
Trauma: What Happens When We Put It On the Page? | Writer's Digest

Writing the story of her assault wasn't easy for Karen Stefano. The author shares her experience of finding the strength to write about trauma.

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