A quick summary of The Plot Whisperer's "7 Essential Questions of Plot."

by Jenny Hansen I hope all my American pals had a great Thanksgiving and that all my Jewish pals are whooping it up during this year's early Hanukkah. This is the time of year when I begin planning for next year. I assess what worked and what bombed, in both my personal life and in writing. […]

Jenny Hansen here, popping in to share some topics we've been buzzing about behind the scenes at Writers In The Storm. First of all, this is our 500th post. That is so unbelievable to me. Four years ago, when we started this blog, we had no idea where it would go, or that we'd find nearly this […]

I don't remember where I first found reference to this writers challenge, but I was intrigued. Writing a horror story in two sentences? How could someone DO that? Well, it’s not only possible, the results are amazing! Go read these twelve, and come back. We’ll wait . . . http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/12-absolutely-terrifying-two-sentence-horror-stories After reading those, who could […]

And now, for the winner of last Friday's THE TRICKY PART contest: Congratulations to Evelyn Berry, the winner of Laurie Schnebly Campbell's writing class. Evelyn, you can contact Laurie directly about your class. Today we welcome guest blogger Marcy Kennedy, author of Strong Female Characters, with advice for all of you who blog--or are thinking […]