Writing coach Margie Lawson leads an exercise in discovering and embracing your strengths, even when you don't feel strong.

It's the WITS greatest hits, with the top 11 posts of all time written by our hosts. Enjoy!

Julie Glover, born pessimist, shares quotes from famous authors who also grasped the challenge of staying positive about writing. Candid but inspiring!

by Tiffany Yates Martin I’ve been thinking a lot lately about mental states—especially for writers.  I don’t just mean in the current divisive, angry atmosphere that seems to have taken over so much of our world events, politics, even snarky neighbor exchanges on NextDoor—although that’s certainly corrosive and omnipresent enough. But life often offers a […]

Psychologist Abraham Maslow developed a theory about what each human needs. The hierarchy, shown below as a five-tier pyramid, attempts to explain the connection between our basic human needs and our motivation. But we are writers. Our needs might differ a bit from the average human. We are mighty beings formed of stubbornness, creativity and […]