Hello everyone! I haven't done a writing related post for a while (besides my many posts about my new YA novella, Dear Jackson), so I thought that you all deserved something special. A few months back, I contacted Stephanie Morrill (author of 'Within These Lines,' 'The Lost Girl of Astor Street,' the 'Ellie Sweet' series…
I haven't done many posts on the art of writing itself recently, so I decided to post about something I genuinely love about writing: Portraying emotions through fantasy characters, and in doing so connect to the reader so they can live the emotions through said characters. It's magical, isn't it? Being able to put words…
Sometimes, Writers Block is really bad. Notice that I capitalized it? That's because it's a monster of entirely its own species. It feeds on writer's weaknesses and keeps their dreams from becoming a reality. But who is the culprit? If Writers Block isn't a physical being, what is it? It's you. Maybe you're bored with a…
I started a blog just for roleplaying as our characters. Come check it out- it’s hosted by Flair!
Here’s a little quiz I made for all of us characters. People think authors do all the work, but we do all the work and they get all the credit! Why do they get their names on the front of the book, but not the very beings that hold up the walls of the story?
Sorry, sorry. I tend to rant.
So anyway, take this quiz to find out what kind of character you are. In other words, how you move the plot along and effect the story. Enjoy!
Have you ever wanted to write, but every time you sat down you somehow found an excuse to do something else? It's like mentally you thirst to spill your writer blood onto a blank paper, a vast stretch of white space without limitations except for those which you yourself create. You want to let the…
The lack of posting is not due to laziness (me? lazy? No way), but to a very busy schedule. I thought I'd give you all an update on my writing, which I haven't gotten to do in a while. Some of you know that I finished a novella a month or two ago. It's a…
My new WritersBloK podcast is now available on Spotify! To check it out, CLICK HERE. I'll be uploading two episodes a week, all of them on writing a fictional novel step by step. Your subscriptions to the podcast are so motivating, and I really appreciate them! Make sure to tell me what you think if…
I've had people ask me how I write so much. Generally, I write around 2,000 words a day, but on a good writing day I can get up to 6,000. I try to write every day, which would make my average writing week 14,000 words. According to these numbers, that would mean that I write…
Topic A: The Plot Categories: Brainstorming, World building, Story Set-up Topic B: The Characters Categories: Initial Creation, Background, Complexity Topic C: The Writing Categories: The Vital First Chapter, Your Inner Editor, Writers Block Character background is one of my favorite things about creating characters. Just like with people, your characters' past is what creates their…
Topic A: The Plot Categories: Brainstorming, World building, Story Set-up Topic B: The Characters Categories: Initial Creation, Background, Complexity Topic C: The Writing Categories: The Vital First Chapter, Your Inner Editor, Writers Block Hello writers! I haven't done a post for The Fictional Writer's Guide for a while, so I thought it was time I continued…
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