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.

Music can spark our imagination, motivate, and transport us where our writing minds need to go. Here are 10 ways to inspire your writing with music.

Pick up a book. In your hand you hold the story that became, not the story as it began. These ten editing tips can help craft your next tale.

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.