Christina Delay Have you noticed the “lean-in” effect when you talk about writing to a muggle? Or how muggles and other writers smile when you explain your story idea, hands waving all over as you describe a new world, new characters, and what tickled your interest with the story in the first place? You know […]

Margie Lawson There’s a lot of commotion about getting emotion on the page, but getting it right is tricky. Most writers do a great job getting in their POV character’s head, telling how they process emotions. Writing thoughts. But most writers aren’t great at sharing their POV character’s physical reactions, showing how they experience emotions […]

By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy A few years after I published my third novel (Darkfall), I'd fallen into a dark time in my writing. I'd been working a one of those books that did not want to work the way I felt it could, and I'd come to dread sitting down at the keyboard every day. […]

Gwen Hernandez Hi, everyone! I'm excited to be joining WITS as a regular contributor to discuss the popular writing program, Scrivener. (For more on what Scrivener is and some of my past favorite features, check out this post I did for WITS in 2014.) In November, the Scrivener developers released version 3 for Mac, and the version […]

Les Edgerton Hi folks, A source of discussion that always comes up at the beginning of my classes is whether the writer should use first- or third-person. The short answer I usually give, is: “Whatever the material calls for.” Since that doesn’t adequately address the question, I go on to amplify the answer, and that’s […]