Ellen Buikema shares methods to help pull oneself out of a stress tailspin and examines the relationship between stress and creativity.

Here are a dozen tips for creating great secondary characters that make your story world more memorable. Sometimes they even pave the way for the next books in your series.

Our favorite kind of post is back! A few times a year, Writers in the Storm throws open the doors for YOUR shameless self-promotion. The caveat? You have to recommend someone else at the same time.

Writers In The Storm sends holiday cheer, good wishes and a big hug to our readers. This is the strangest year ever and we're grateful for your support.

The team at WITS gives thanks for the “writerly” people and things that help put words on the page, and open the door for readers to do the same! Share your gratitude for writerly things large and small.