Emotions serve three specific purposes: to inform us, to protect us, to warn us. It's a framework to find the why behind what your character thinks and does.

Fourteen of 2021's best posts from Writers in the Storm, including gems from Margie Lawson, Angela Ackerman, and Janice Hardy. Enjoy the writing wisdom!

Adding the sense of smell into your plot tugs at the emotions and creates a stronger link with the story. Enjoy these tips from Ellen Buikema.

A simple character profile is flat. But his lies, secrets and scars create an emotional journey that turns your story into a book readers can’t put down.

Eldred Bird shows writers how to dig into a character's backstory to find out where they hid the bodies.