WD Presents: Writing Prompts, April 2021 Poem-A-Day Guidelines, and more!
This week, we’re excited to announce WD senior Robert Lee Brewer’s 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers, the guidelines for the 14th annual Poem-A-Day challenge, and more!
There's always so much happening in the Writer's Digest universe that even staff members have trouble keeping up. As a result, we decided to start collecting what's on the horizon to make it easier for everyone to know what's happening and when.
This week, we’re excited to announce WD senior Robert Lee Brewer’s 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers, the guidelines for the 14th annual Poem-A-Day challenge, and more!
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Announcing 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers!
Learn more about 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, by Writer's Digest senior editor Robert Lee Brewer. Discover fun and interesting ways to move your stories from beginning to end.
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28 Writing Prompts for the 2021 Flash Fiction Challenge
Find all 28 poetry prompts from the 2021 February Flash Fiction Challenge collected here! In this post, each day links back to the original post with a super concise prompt. Just click the link if you need more guidance or ideas on how to come at the prompt.
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2021 April PAD Challenge: Guidelines
Announcing the 14th annual April Poem-A-Day Challenge on Poetic Asides. Here are the guidelines for this fun annual poeming challenge that starts on April 1.
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March/April Issue of Writer’s Digest Out Now!
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 new. 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.
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Seven Online Writing Courses Start This Week
Seven new online writing courses start this week, including Copyediting Certificate Program, Fearless Writing, and more. Click here to check out the Writer's Digest University calendar.
Copyediting Certificate Program
This certification course incorporates critiqued writing assignments and tools to communicate directly with your instructor and fellow students to make sure that you are grasping the content. You will also have quizzes to check yourself along the way and a comprehensive test at the end of the course.
12 Weeks to a First Draft
Regardless of your genre (mystery, romance, horror, science fiction, fantasy, mainstream, Dive into the world of writing and learn all 12 steps needed to complete a first draft. In this writing workshop you will tackle the steps to writing a book, learn effective writing techniques along the way, and of course, begin writing your first draft.
Fearless Writing
If you love to write and have a story you want to tell, the only thing that can stand between you and the success you’re seeking isn’t craft, or a good agent, or enough Facebook friends and Twitter followers, but fear. Fear that you aren’t good enough, or fear the market is too crowded, or fear no one wants to hear from you. Fortunately, you can’t write while being in the flow and be afraid simultaneously. The question is whether you will write fearlessly.
Writing the Paranormal Novel
People have been telling supernatural stories from the beginning of time and readers love them because they fulfill our desire to escape reality. Create your own paranormal novel and explore the supernatural world of literature. When you take this online workshop, you will focus on how to write paranormal fiction. Get much-needed guidance from Steven Harper's Writing the Paranormal Novel, which explains the difference between a paranormal novel and a story with a supernatural element. He also gives techniques and exercises for weaving supernatural elements into your story and examples of successful paranormal novels. Stretch your imagination, dive deep into the supernatural world, and break into this thrilling genre.
Grammar and Mechanics
Do you remember the difference between the 8 parts of speech and how to use them? Are you comfortable with punctuation and mechanics?
No matter what type of writing you do, mastering the fundamentals of grammar and mechanics is an important first step to having a successful writing career.
Advanced Poetry Writing
Build your poetry writing skills by working with a highly accomplished poet! The workshop will consist of six one-week sessions, focused on individualized feedback and critique. Through detailed discussions of your own work, you will learn the kinds of questions editors ask of poems submitted to literary magazines. As a result, you will learn to revise and polish with an editor’s eye, gaining insight into how to craft poems suited for publication. You will leave this workshop with a folio of six polished poems, ideal for magazine and literary journal submissions, as well as personalized recommendations for publication and professional development.
Writing Nonfiction 101: Fundamentals
Research, interview, and explore the subjects that interest you. Then write about what you've learned in Writing Nonfiction 101: Fundamentals. Writing nonfiction is a great way for beginner and experienced writers to break into the publishing industry.
