Julie Glover Podcasts have grown a lot since their inception in 2004. According to Edison Research, as of 2019, fifty-one percent of Americans over age 12 have ever listened to a podcast, with 32% having listened in the prior month and 22% in the prior week. I suspect a number of WITS readers are among […]

Eldred "Bob" Bird shows how writing fiction is like drawing with crayons—and how story length compares to color options. A great word picture for writers!

Debut author, K. Maze, offers a advice for empowering - rather than banishing - your inner editor. Plus she shares a powerful educational resource for writers.

Veteran editor, Tiffany Yates Martin, offers ten specific ways to engage readers with your characters, even when they are unlikeable.

An engaging post from Barbara Linn Probst examines the difference between "likeable" and "relatable," and explains why they matter to readers.