Improve Your Author Website: From Homepages to Contact Page

December 11

Every professional author needs a website, but too often bad design choices and lack of focus prevent it from doing its job. Some have conflicting messages about who they are or what they write. A shocking number of published authors don’t include book covers anywhere on the homepage. And unpublished writers sometimes don’t know what to say about themselves except, “I’m looking for an agent.” Is there something more you should be doing?

This 2-hour live webinar will address best practices for any author website—whether you’re published or unpublished—with simple tips and tricks you can put to work immediately.

Historical Fiction Virtual Conference

December 12 - 14

Experience the education, camaraderie, and opportunities provided by a live writing conference without ever having to leave your home! Writer’s Digest University is pleased to present a one-of-a-kind online event for historical fiction writers! Our WDU Historical Fiction Virtual Conference will provide expert insights from bestselling historical fiction authors. Spend the weekend learning techniques for honing your craft, then optionally receive a personalized critique of your query letter from a participating literary agent.

Write a Hit Horror Movie in 2026

December 18

In our complex entertainment landscape, there is one genre that top writers and filmmakers keep turning to because it consistently fills cinemas and generates great numbers on streaming. Horror. If you want to write, direct, produce, or all three, this webinar will give you the tools to first identify a great concept and whether it’s more fit for film, television or other media, and then walk you through a powerful, easy-to-learn structural roadmap that you can follow to execute your own scary story.

Book Coaching for Advanced Writers

December 11 - April 2

Are you ready to take the next step toward a final draft of your novel? This course is for you! Join Mark Spencer in an intensive 16-week coaching session focused entirely on your novel in progress.

Comp Titles Intensive: The Essential Tool That Can Launch Your Career

December 11 - December 18

This one-week intensive will walk you through the process of finding comparable titles and authors. The class covers what the industry uses comps for and why they are so important. Then it shows HOW to find the titles with the best sales numbers by using readily accessible online tools.

Writing and Producing the Short Film

December 11 - January 8

With successful short film examples to watch and study, as well as real-world advice from the low-budget filmmaking trenches, this 4-week class will lead you through the process of writing a short film you can produce on a budget, as well as touch on the pre-production, production, and post-production process.