I thought I'd try something new today! I recorded myself talking instead of writing it all down for you. I talk a bit more about the "A Day in the Life of..." series, and then I talk about my writing process. I'm highly distracted (thanks, Astrid!) and very rambly, but it was still fun!… Continue reading My Writing Process
Category: Powerful
Identifying Excess Characters
In every story, there are main characters and then there's everyone else. Sometimes those other characters are just there to fill space and don't have names. And then there are those other characters who have names, lines, and even contribute to the advancement of the story. And every so often, there are those… Continue reading Identifying Excess Characters
Currency in World Building
Last week, Magic Writer shared another post about World Building, this time about currency. I got to preview this post before it was finished, and I gave Elise some tips for it, but she had so much more to say than I even realized went into creating currency for a book. And now I'm… Continue reading Currency in World Building
Books and Stuff
I've spent the majority of the past few days reading. The Dragon and the Scholar series by H. L. Burke is a series I have been dying to read for over a year now, and I'm so excited to finally have my hands on the books. If you want to check out my reviews,… Continue reading Books and Stuff
Free Write #7
Recently, I've been wrapped up in major edits for Powerful. I printed out my first draft of the manuscript and I'm going through it on paper with my pink highlighter (for things that that need to be changed) and my yellow highlighter (for things I like and want to keep) while I'm penning comments… Continue reading Free Write #7
NaNoWriMo 2015 Week 2.5
I was supposed to post some inspiration today as it is midway through the week but I have something far more important to share. I finished Powerful. That's right. I finally finished. The idea came to me September 2014. I wrote the first first chapter the day I got the idea. And I… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2015 Week 2.5
NaNoWriMo 2015 Week 2
Here's my stats so far:Week 1- Started at 64,497 - Ended at 81,093 - Wrote 16,596Week 2- Started at 81,093 - Ended at 91,383 - Wrote 10,290 Not as impressive as week one, but still good. I passed the 90,000 word mark, which was super awesome and I celebrated yesterday with a… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2015 Week 2
NaNoWriMo 2015 Week 1
Well, the first week of NaNoWriMo has ended and here's where everything stands so far:Week 1- Started at 64,497 - Ended at 81,093 - Wrote 16,596 That's pretty awesome, right? I got 7 chapters written out of the 15 I had left. That's right, I got almost halfway through my entire November… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2015 Week 1
NaNoWriMo 2015
Happy November everyone! You know what that means- That's right it's National Novel Writing Month! Hooray! In case you missed my NaNoWriMo posts from last year, you can find all 9 here. It consists of Pep Talks taken from NaNoWriMo's website and updates on how my writing went. Last year my goal was to… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2015
The Middle
I'm hitting that point in the middle of my writing where I usually get bored and pitter off. You know, that almost halfway chapter of Rose where I realized that there wasn't enough to the story and so many things needed to change before I could finish, so I stopped and moved on to… Continue reading The Middle