https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:01:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/11/writers-block-vs-turkey-block/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/11/writers-block-vs-turkey-block/#comments Fri, 22 Nov 2024 09:29:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=50851 There's to be a remarkable similarity between approaching a troublesome story and being in charge of the holiday turkey. Read on for the 5 tell-tale signs...

The post Writer's Block vs Turkey Block first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2024/11/writers-block-vs-turkey-block/feed/ 29 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/09/writing-humor-to-heal-mind-and-body/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/09/writing-humor-to-heal-mind-and-body/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:25:26 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=41020 Humor, the good, the bad, and the downright silly, is everywhere and in great need, especially now. It's like a release valve, helping us relax and enjoy life.

The post Writing Humor to Heal Mind and Body first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2020/09/writing-humor-to-heal-mind-and-body/feed/ 24 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/5-techniques-to-make-your-readers-laugh/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/5-techniques-to-make-your-readers-laugh/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:02:14 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=34776 Lisa Wells Every book needs a dose of laughter. Even hard-core, freak-out scary stuff needs a scene or a sentence or a word intended to allow the reader a moment to breathe out some of the tension you’ve mummified them in for pages and pages and breathe in ease. This post will acquaint you with […]

The post 5 Techniques to Make Your Readers Laugh first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2018/09/5-techniques-to-make-your-readers-laugh/feed/ 24 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/the-not-so-funny-truth-about-writing-humor/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/the-not-so-funny-truth-about-writing-humor/#comments Fri, 30 Jun 2017 11:02:36 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31709 Susan Donovan Do you think I’m sexy? Well? Do you? This is not some rhetorical Rod Stewart question. I’m totally serious. Do you think I’m sexy? Perhaps not. So let’s move on to the next question. Do you think I’m funny? See where I’m going with this? The truth is, “funny” is a lot like […]

The post The Not-So-Funny Truth about Writing Humor first appeared on Writers In The Storm.]]> https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/the-not-so-funny-truth-about-writing-humor/feed/ 21 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2013/04/writerstrong-adding-humor-to-your-writing/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2013/04/writerstrong-adding-humor-to-your-writing/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:00:19 +0000 http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/?p=8096 Writers in the Storm welcomes back James R. Preston with tips on how--and when--to add humor to your WIP, no matter the genre. Here he is with a fun-filled Laugh?  I Thought I'd Die WriterStrong post. by James R. Preston There's this PI investigating a murder at a nudist camp in the hills above LA […]

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