Jenny Hansen offers 10 tips to help you through the agony and ecstacy of #NaNoWriMo.

Jenny Hansen A few years back, I wrote a post called How To Focus on Your Story's DNA that identified the elements of story that never change. I use those unchanging elements to help keep my story on track. Theme is one of those important elements, and it's a tough one because most of the […]

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

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 […]

10 tips on how embracing vulnerability and overcoming shame can open up your creativity.