https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Sun, 12 Jan 2025 05:03:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/12/my-best-writing-advice-for-the-next-decade/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/12/my-best-writing-advice-for-the-next-decade/#comments Wed, 04 Dec 2019 12:00:06 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=38832 Fae Rowen I've been writing for twenty-five years. I started when an English-teacher friend suggested I write down the story that I thought about every night before I fell asleep. As a math teacher, I had no intention of writing a book, but I'd finished my first one, a medieval kind-of-fantasy-for-sure romance in only nine […]

The post My Best Writing Advice for the Next Decade first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/12/my-best-writing-advice-for-the-next-decade/feed/ 25 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/10/get-a-clue-youve-got-to-stop-over-using-this-word/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/10/get-a-clue-youve-got-to-stop-over-using-this-word/#comments Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:00:49 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=38353 by Fae Rowen Because I've got the October 2 blog date, I get to say Happy Birthday to my mother here. Happy Birthday, Mom! Thanks for indulging me. And for finding today's target word twice in the first sentence. "Get" and it's multi-tense derivative "got" could be nominated for one of the words everyone, not […]

The post Get A Clue: You've Got to Stop Over-using This Word first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/10/get-a-clue-youve-got-to-stop-over-using-this-word/feed/ 38 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/09/the-hardest-goodbye/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/09/the-hardest-goodbye/#comments Fri, 27 Sep 2019 11:02:34 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=38278 Laura I looked it up. This blog was born in April of 2010, when our critique group sat in Charla Rae’s office and came up with the crazy idea of a blog to help writers improve their craft and not feel so alone, working in solitude. We’ve posted three times a week since then and […]

The post The Hardest Goodbye first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/09/the-hardest-goodbye/feed/ 97 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/09/11-greatest-hits/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/09/11-greatest-hits/#comments Fri, 13 Sep 2019 11:02:35 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=38203 It's the WITS greatest hits, with the top 11 posts of all time written by our hosts. Enjoy!

The post 11 Greatest Hits from Our Hosts first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/09/11-greatest-hits/feed/ 9 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/09/ten-more-f-words-for-writers-and-their-characters/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/09/ten-more-f-words-for-writers-and-their-characters/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2019 11:00:36 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=38193 Fae Rowen I promise this is the last in what was never intended to become a series. But it seems every time I think of "F" words, more come to mind... My blog with the first six words can be found here. Like the first six words, these F-words are perfectly "clean" for mixed company […]

The post Ten More F-Words for Writers and their Characters first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/09/ten-more-f-words-for-writers-and-their-characters/feed/ 7 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/07/lost-love-use-your-young-adult-voice/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/07/lost-love-use-your-young-adult-voice/#comments Wed, 03 Jul 2019 11:00:56 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=37676 by Fae Rowen Not often, but sometimes I return to my teen experiences to help connect with a past emotion. It helps me get into a deep point of view by remembering something that happened. Since Young Adult Science Fiction is one of the genres I write in, this is a cool trick. But I […]

The post Lost Love—Use Your Young Adult Voice first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/07/lost-love-use-your-young-adult-voice/feed/ 30 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/06/six-f-words-for-compelling-characters/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/06/six-f-words-for-compelling-characters/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2019 11:00:29 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=37514 by Fae Rowen Got you at F-words, huh? That's okay. All these f-words are fine to use in whatever company you happen to be in right now. No one will wrinkle a brow once they get past the title, so there's no need to angle your screen or slouch and look over your shoulder. In […]

The post Six F-words for Compelling Characters first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/06/six-f-words-for-compelling-characters/feed/ 30 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/05/soldiering-on/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/05/soldiering-on/#comments Mon, 20 May 2019 11:00:12 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=37273 Fae Rowen defines perseverance and shows you how to apply it to achieve your writing dreams.

The post Soldiering On With Your Writing first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/05/soldiering-on/feed/ 28 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/05/remembering-sharla-rae/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/05/remembering-sharla-rae/#comments Wed, 01 May 2019 11:00:42 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=37015 by the WITS Founders One of our founding members, Sharla Rae, recently passed away after a long battle with cancer. She was pivotal in all of our lives here at Writers In the Storm. Fae, Laura and Jenny have shared memories of her below, as well as photos of our great times together. Jenny ~ […]

The post Remembering Sharla Rae first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/05/remembering-sharla-rae/feed/ 39 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/04/write-up-a-storm-today-4/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2019/04/write-up-a-storm-today-4/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:00:16 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=36931 It’s here. The fourth anniversary of Write Up a Storm. We’re writing up a storm from 7:00 a.m. to 12:00p.m. EDT. If you missed the tips, you can read them here on our Facebook page. Seventeen hours of opportunities to connect with others, meet goals, and get your words “on paper.” We’ll be writing from the top of every hour […]

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