• Conflict: The Secret Sauce to Your Writing

    Conflict: The Secret Sauce to Your Writing

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  • Your Character’s Appearance

    Your Character’s Appearance

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  • Friday’s Findings: Game of Three

    Friday’s Findings: Game of Three

    Three. Three WIPs. I am in the middle of working on three works-in-progress. Usually, I’ll work on one for about a week, get it to a stage where I can let it sit, and then go to another WIP. A quick update on where I’m at with them: Traption: Consortium Episode 4 I’m writing and…

  • Brainstorming for NaNoWriMo (or for any story you want to write)

    Brainstorming for NaNoWriMo (or for any story you want to write)

    Whether a writer is a planner or pantser, wither can engage in some minimal planning for NaNoWriMo. If he or she doesn’t want to think about it until twelve midnight on November first, nothing wrong with that. However, they may want to lay some groundwork for their 50,000 word story—nothing wrong with that either—as long…

  • Sense Sensation

    Sense Sensation

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  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    I made some big headway this week as I plan my story for National Novel Writing Month 2021. I have my protagonist sketched out. I have my plot summarized for each scene. If it were November 1st, I’d be all set. This year I’m taking a month from my regular writing projects to write a…

  • Friday’s Findings

    Friday’s Findings

    A couple weekends ago–Labor Day weekend–I decided to check off at least one item on my to-do: reorganize my walk-in closet. Now, this walk-in closet not only served as a place for my clothes, but also as my writing/graphic design studio. But the problem was this: it had become a junk room. I could barely…

  • 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.…


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