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The Fear Factor

Laura Drake — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 08:00:27 +0000

Welcome to the first Monday of the month, when we are lucky to share in the wisdom of contributing blogger Shannon Donnelly. Her post today will help get you writing this summer, despite your fears. by Shannon Donnelly "I'm convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. . . . Good writing […]

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6 Key Lessons I’ve Learned From Horses: The Three T’s - Tools, Techniques & Time

writersinthestorm — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:00:50 +0000

By D. A. Watt In my two previous blogs, I covered three other key lessons I've learned from horses; Attitude, Knowledge, and Imagination. Notice, talent is not included in my title. It’s not about talent; it’s about the three T’s of craft. If you’ve been writing for years, then you’ve got talent. My bet is you’ve […]

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6 Key Writing Lessons I’ve Learned From Horses: The Key of Knowledge

writersinthestorm — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:25:32 +0000

By D. A. WATT This is the second installment of a three part series. The first post focused on attitude. "Prior and proper preparation makes for peak performance. Like creating a novel that takes readers somewhere, amazing." There are only three places to go: somewhere, nowhere or somewhere else. Whether riding, writing, or reading, I wouldn’t want […]

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4 Steps For Organizing Plot Ideas Into a Novel

writersinthestorm — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:30:15 +0000

by Jody Hedlund We have a treat for you today. Thanks to Jenny Hansen at her More Cowbell blog, the amazing Jody Hedlund is stopping off here at Writers in the Storm during her blog tour for her new book, The Doctor’s Lady. She’s going to share some of her tricks for writing a riveting […]

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Writers in the Storm Are Thankful for . . .

Guest Blogger — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:14:12 +0000

As we begin the Holiday Season, Writers in the Storm would like to take today to share what we're thankful for, but don't worry. We are indeed thankful for an ocean of things, but we limited ourselves to gratitude as it relates to our writing. And on Friday, we're excited (and grateful) to have as […]

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6 Key Writing Lessons I’ve Learned From Horses

writersinthestorm — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:40:18 +0000

by D. A. Watt KEY # 1 ATTITUDE " To be honest, I’ve learned more valuable life lessons from horses than most people. Unlike humans, horses forgive and forget with patient sighs and much lip licking." D. A. Watt I’ve still got a lot to learn from my four-legged partners. Proper communication between horse and rider, […]

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10 Power Tips for Critique Groups

writersinthestorm — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:00:38 +0000

We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog for an announcement: Amy Hahn was the lucky commenter who won a copy of Judy Duarte's new novel, Christmas on Nutcracker Court! Congrats Amy! Here's our own Jenny Hansen, starting a new series on critique groups. In my everyday life I’m a training coordinator for an accounting firm, focused […]

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Do You Fear Your Dreams?

writersinthestorm — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:40:19 +0000

by Jenny Hansen The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty and the power of their dreams. ~Eleanor Roosevelt Dreams are a funny thing. Nightly dreams usually fade in the morning rush, except for the periodic nightmares that scorch our consciousness. Then there’s the waking dreams. Those elusive wishes we keep tucked deep […]

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Are You a Head Case, too? Fear No More!

writersinthestorm — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:40:57 +0000

We're just in time for Halloween, and I'm baaack! by D.A. WATT This past week, I found myself scurrying along the side yard fence to enter my back door. I didn’t want to chance another run in with an enormous, icky spider’s web hosted by a giant cross orb weaver, that was commandeering my entire […]

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Our 100th Post...Who ARE Those WITS Bloggers?

Guest Blogger — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:57:34 +0000

In April, 2010, when Writers In The Storm was launched, we never contemplated making 50 posts, much less 100. We started this "blogging thing" as part of our yearly critique group goals. We didn't know we'd have so much fun. We didn't know we'd have so much to say. We didn't know we'd LOVE IT! To […]

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