A first draft is much, much closer to a novel than an idea is. Laura VanArendonk Baugh is here to help us get over ourselves and get it down!

Many writers are frustrated to discover their story doesn't work. Sandy Vaile reveals the four essential elements you need to create a workable novel.

Fae Rowen shares four critical areas that help guide readers, and your characters, through the story: motivation, backstory, conflict and character arc.

  Though we are a very cohesive group here at Writers in the Storm, we are split down the middle in writing style. Laura and Fae write their stories in a linear fashion while Julie and I quilt ours together scene by scene. The linear approach kills my stories, but story quilting lets me focus on my […]

Tasha Seegmiller At a recent conference, I attended a class taught by Ally Condie where she went over the nuances of setting in story. As someone who strives to make my settings rich, and even feel like another character, it was something I was very interested in. While there were many concepts that she discussed […]