Writer's Digest Presents Podcast
1) Meet Cutes, Miscommunication, and Queer Romance with Chip Pons
The conversation around publishing journeys is often binary: You either try traditionally publishing or choose self-publishing. But the reality for many authors is a combination of both. Author Chips ...Show More
2) Tackling Historical Nonfiction (with Robert Fieseler)
When you tackle historical nonfiction, you're offering doing more than simply putting to paper the events of the past. In author and journalist Robert Fieseler's experience, it meant hunting down seal...Show More
3) Writing Fiction Based On Your Life (with Jessica Berg)
How do you write what you know? By writing fiction based on your life. This doesn't mean writing memoir or simply changing the names of the people in your life: It could be a passing comment you hear ...Show More
4) BONUS EPISODE: Writer's Digest is Going to England!
Writer's Digest is heading to England! From September 12-20, you can join managing editor Moriah Richard and literary agent Amy Collins in London and Bath for the writing retreat of a lifetime! Listen...Show More
5) How to Be a More Media-Savvy Author (with Paula Rizzo)
The first job of a writer is to actually write their book. The next is to promote it. But getting in front of a camera or microphone and talking to a live audience isn't as easy at it may sound, and a...Show More
6) Writing Whatever You Want (with author Hilary Leichter)
In publishing, we spend a lot of time talking about genre, and a lot of authors know exactly what genre they're interested in writing in. But what about writers who have story ideas that don't easily ...Show More
7) Getting Started In Screenwriting
Screenwriting is a completely different animal than novel writing—there are different rules, there are different ways to get feedback, there are different expectations...but understanding screenwritin...Show More
8) How to Fictionalize Personal History: A Chat With Sharon Short
Sometimes, our own personal family history where elements of it make for the perfect story—but what do you do if the history itself works best in a totally different era, or a dog makes more sense to ...Show More
9) How Fight Scenes Can Reveal Character—and More!
Fight scenes in fiction aren't just physical—they can be psychological, emotional, and often setting our characters up for any kind of fight helps us understand them better. Why they walk the way they...Show More
10) From Self Publishing to Traditional Publishing: An Interview with Zenda Walker
In 2021, author Zenda Walker won grand prize in Writer's Digest's 29th Annual Self-Published Book Awards for her picture book, Zara's Wash Day. Since then, she landed a two-book traditional book deal,...Show More
From Self Publishing to Traditional Publishing: An Interview with Zenda Walker
45:36 | Sep 17th, 2024