The team at Writers in the Storm follow their annual tradition and share one word each of them has chosen to guide them through the coming year.

No matter how or when you wrote the rough draft, judicious editing is necessary. Lynette M. Burrows discusses systematic editing.

We all have experienced it. You’re writing along and suddenly everything screeches to a halt. Read more for ways to get unstuck when writing is difficult.

To give your readers the reward of a satisfying story, there are four things you must keep in mind. The first is the end.

The story you write only sets up the rules. Your reader interprets the story in her own way. How you set your story rules up makes all the difference.