As I write my current draft for my WIP called Traption, I am trying to avoid infodumps. One way to avoid heaping a mound of
Category: fiction writing
Friday’s Findings: Character Goals
I’ve been going over my manuscript for my novella and I am making sure all my major characters have goals: goals for the whole story
Do I Really Need to “Practice” Writing?
If I could talk with my younger self – my younger self who wanted to be a writer – I would tell him to practice
Friday’s Findings: Hands Off Read Through
This week I have been doing a “hands off read through” of my novella Traption. No reworking scenes, no editing paragraphs, no tweaking words; just
Camp NaNoWriMo Update #5
Camp NaNoWriMo for April 2022 is over. Did I reach my goals? Yes and no. No, I did not reach my word goal of 15,000
Friday’s Findings: How Exactly Do the Atomic Habits Help Writers?
In my previous post, I mentioned I found James Clear’s book Atomic Habits to be helpful for writers. I didn’t, however, mention specifically how I
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