Writing coach Margie Lawson leads an exercise in discovering and embracing your strengths, even when you don't feel strong.

Margie Lawson Hellooo, Writers — I’m excited to share some truly stellar examples in this blog. I’ve guest blogged for WITS 30+ times and worked hard to make sure my blogs are power-packed with tips and techniques, examples and analyses. Every teaching point is there to help you make your writing bestseller strong. I’m always […]

Writing coach Margie Lawson shows how fresh writing can heighten and deepen your story's moments of silence.

By Margie Lawson I’ve read the same wording about tears in too many books.  Tears stream and streak, glint and glisten, flee and flow, prickle and trickle.  They slip, slide, run, roll, seemingly unstoppable. Tears blur vision, soak hair, get wiped, get blinked.  But some tears are unshed, unspent, unspilled, or unspecified. Sobs can choke and […]

Writing coach and editor Margie Lawson shows with lots of examples how to write compelling cadence for your readers.