What s the difference between an introvert, extrovert, and extravert? And when do you use each term? Learn the answers with Grammar Rules from the Writer s Digest editors, including examples of each.
Writerâs Digest Columns: How to Write a Five-Minute Memoir
Want to write for WD? Here are editor tips on how to submit to one of our most popular columns, 5-Minute Memoir.
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The 5-Minute Memoir is a column favorited by both WD editors and readers alike. At just 600 words, this front-of-the-book piece recounts the personal experience of a new writer each issue and offers a short but meaningful dose of writing inspiration.
Unlike other WD columns and features that are usually written by seasoned writing instructors, bestselling authors, or our regular group of contributors, the 5-Minute Memoir is a column that editors look forward to featuring new voices in each issue and a great place to break in as a contributor to WD.
6 Essentials for Writing Flash Fiction and Nonfiction
Author and editor Gina Barreca gives her top 6 tips for writing striking flash fiction and short short nonfiction.
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Mar 7, 2021
All good writing reflects and illuminates life; flash fiction and nonfiction hold up a compact mirror.
While it’s delicious to believe short-forms of writing are merely grab-and-go exercises, great flash fiction and nonfiction creative works sliding in under the 1000-word wire are, in reality, not any easier to write than 10-page essays, 30-page stories, or 400-page novels.
The good news is that publishing opportunities for flash fiction and nonfiction are growing to meet the appetite of an increasingly large audience. For many writers figuring out how to write effectively within the confines of a reduced word-count, though, the process can feel like stuffing a size-10 foot into a size-8 shoe, wedging a full-size person into a clown car, or at the very least, holding your breath to get tha
Bonnie Marcus: On Being Vulnerable in Nonfiction
Award-winning entrepreneur and executive coach Bonnie Marcus shares what it was like to write her prescriptive nonfiction book Not Done Yet.
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Bonnie Marcus, M.Ed., is an award-winning entrepreneur,
Forbes contributing writer, and executive coach, who assists professional women to successfully navigate the workplace and position and promote themselves to advance their careers. With 20+ years of sales and management experience, her extensive business background includes CEO of a ServiceMaster company and VP of Sales at Medical Staffing Network and two other national companies in the healthcare and software industries. She has also held executive positions in startup companies and Fortune 500 companies. Learn more at BonnieMarcusLeadership.com.
Writer s Digest March/April 2021 Issue Reveal
The March/April 2021 issue of Writer s Digest is showing up in mailboxes and will soon be available at retailers. Get a sneak peek of the new columns we re introducing with the expanded page count!
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Mar 6, 2021
Writer’s Digest gets bigger, better, and more personal in the March/April 2021 issue! We’re unveiling our new expanded look (92 pages!) and a collection of new columns aimed to ensure writers of all levels and genres learn something to help them with their craft. In this issue, our features span intimate topics from how to make the most of your writing habits to writing about your own life with no judgment to advice for writing the most personal of all fictional scenes: the sex scene. This issue includes: