Posted on March 24, 2026 at 10:13 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Writer's Digest has plenty of craft advice to offer; here are the pieces that we thought were can't-miss for our authors:
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Writing the unexplainable: Author Sally Dukes discusses the memoirs that have stuck with her as a reader and how she applied those lessons to her own memoir of an early near-death experience.
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Memoir as mirror: Author Randy E. Barnett also reflects — no pun intended — on the philosophy of a memoir, both for its writer and for readers.
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Writing best friends who are more than sidekicks: Author Patricia Leavy shares a few principles she used in fully developing the bestie of the heroine in her romance series.
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Seven tips for writing environmental crime fiction: Much of author Alice Henderson's advice on this particular subgenre applies to any other science-centric fiction.
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