Laura Drake shows how similes, metaphors, and eponyms can be great descriptive tools for writers—with examples!

The Writers In the Storm bloggers share their favorite lines and invite you to share yours! Shameless self-promotion is absolutely welcome on the blog today!

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 […]

Laura Drake Everyone has seen Mr. Mom, right? My favorite line from the whole movie is when Michael Keaton is dropping his kids off at school, pulling into the circular drive against traffic, and like four moms tell him, "You're doing it wrong." Look, I'm not saying I'm the Mother of Social Media (although I'm […]

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