Category: writing

  • One Way to Get Ideas for Writing Stories

    One Way to Get Ideas for Writing Stories

    Potential spoilers: If you haven’t watched Love and Monsters and plan to, you should know the following post has some potential spoilers. Are you looking for an idea for writing your next short story or novel? Are you coming up with nada? Well, look out. The following is just one way to generate an idea…

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    One thing I’m realizing as I work on my WIP is that even as I am writing the third draft, it’s going to need rewriting. Major rewriting. But that’s okay because at least I have something to work with. But the lesson I’m learning is to just finish the draft. Don’t stop and start over.…

  • Fiction Writing and Foreshadowing

    Fiction Writing and Foreshadowing

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  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    I’ve been so busy, I haven’t done a Friday’s Findings in a while. Lately, I’ve come across some resources for writers I really like. If you are looking for a more streamlined Scrivener, you might want to take a look at NovelPad. It’s free, but it has an upgrade. Milanote and Inkarnate also have upgrades,…

  • No Character Is Perfect

    No Character Is Perfect

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  • Resources for Authors and Writers

    Resources for Authors and Writers

    Someone recommended this page full of writing resources. Looks like a lot of good stuff. I’m going to have to spend some time and go through all the links. Photo by picjumbo.com from Pexels

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    A baseball pitcher imagines the pitch he throws-before throwing it. A gymnast mentally reviews her routine-before executing it. A tennis player sees the swing of the racket in her mind-before each game. Athletes use mental imagery to improve their performance and connect the body to the mind.  Writers should use mental imagery before they write…

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    Recently, I visited my local Speed Art Museum and enjoyed the exhibit Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper. She folded and molded Japanese paper into the shapes and folds of dresses and clothing of historical figures. Upon this paper, she painted intricate details of texture, patterns and created the illusion of actual cloth, actual…

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    Six to eight past midday. That is when I am writing. I don’t have the luxury of writing full time, so I need a schedule to motivate me to apply body to chair, fingers to keyboard.  A person can get a lot done in two hours. Some writing advice: Story Structure: How The Act Three…