Piper Bayard breaks down what you need to know about the backstory so you can convey the core information about your characters and world to your reader.

Kerry Schafer addresses imposter syndrome, the feeling that you're not really a writer, and prescribes five steps we can take to embrace our writer identity.

Openings are so important in a novel, to hook the reader and keep them reading. The WITS hostesses share opening lines from our WIPs and ask you to share yours!

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 ~ […]

by Kathryn Craft I’ve written here before about the importance of community in carrying our writing careers forward and I stand by that advice. You’ve only gotten where you are because of the hands you’ve held. But no one community may be able to carry the upwardly mobile among you all the way to your goal. […]