I’m sticking with the theme of Books for August, so I thought, why not another book list? This one is a little different: I wanted to put together a short list of great books specifically for writers. These are three of my favorites! – The Anatomy of Story by John Truby. A book that breaks …
Photo Credit: Negative Space via pexels.com Hey all! Now that Camp NaNo is over and I can breathe, I wanted to take the time to address something that fell a little by the wayside for me last month: reading. As writers, one of the very best things we can do for our craft is read. …
Photo Credit: Startup Stock Photos on pexels.com Since I’m working on editing a project, something I’ve found to be absolutely vital is a solid timeline. Today, I’d like to go over a few methods of creating a timeline for your project, and what mine looks like. Some things to decide first: What does your story’s …
photo credit: Startup Stock Photos on Pexels.com For today's blog post, I’d like to go over one of the most important parts of any story--dialogue. Dialogue is hard to get right! It can seem too complicated, too flowery, too casual, or just… off. In order to work, dialogue in a story has to do a …
Today, I decided to focus a blog post on one of my most problematic areas when it comes to description in my writing: Setting. Now, this isn’t to say that when I write a first draft, I neglect setting entirely. Instead, I tend to paint setting in broad strokes, such as: forest, desert, castle, rather …
It’s April, and you know what that means! CAMP NANO! For the last few months, known as the Now What? months in NaNo-world, I’ve been doing read-throughs and markups of my WIP, Usurper, and for Camp NaNo this year, I’m going to take that a step further and write a brand new draft. The Overarching …
Hey there! It’s the Now What? Months of NaNoWriMo, and by now you’re probably eyeball-deep into your revision of your current WIP, right? Every writer, even those currently revising, should have a toolkit of essentials for getting those words on paper. Here’s mine! – Pen and paper, or a computer with a word processing program. …
Blurred on purpose for character confidentiality. 😉 As some of you may know, NaNoWriMo’s “Now What?” months are in full swing. This means one thing: revision! I tend to write one book in November, and revise a different book in the Now What months. As a person with many projects, this makes it easier to …
As I mentioned in last week’s post, I’m back after a long absence. In short, a long list of factors, including moving halfway across the state, downsizing, and starting a new career, culminated in me tabling writing for some time. I thought it would be a good idea to write a post about how I …
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I wanted to start my writing blog off with a post about writing spaces. I just revamped my desk and bought some new organizers for it, so it's a fitting post for what I've been trying do with my life and with my writing at this time. Currently, I'm working on editing a WIP I …
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