Uh oh. So, lately I've been noticing something in my writing habits. ... I'M NOT WRITING POEMS ANYMORE. I mean, I feel like this should be a bad thing... right? I was going so strong with it for so long, and I was learning so much from my writing both about myself and poetry itself. …
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Need some inspo?
Ugh, I know I do. So... today, I decided to look around the internet and compile a big ol' list of inspiration starters for my fellow writers out there to turn to if and when you may need it. So... let's just get to it! Need some inspo? Go to an art exhibit. Exercise. Travel. …
“If you’re bored, then your readers are bored, too.”
Oh, a tale as old as time... Now, I'm usually on the fence or on the opposite side of it when it comes to agreeing with these "writing rules" that I stumble across on Pinterest all the time... but, I have to say, this is one I actually 98.4% agree with. If you're bored while …
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Vlogging…???
Okay, so here's a little something that's been on my mind lately. Should I maybe start vlogging...??? I mean, it just came to me as a random idea about a week or so ago, and now I keep finding myself thinking about it every time I come back to this blog. But, I do mean …
Oh no…
Okay, so I've got to talk about this with someone today... and who better to discuss with than wonderful world wide web? So, I got this oddly random burst of inspiration last night... and no idea where it came from or why. Here's the... thing, I guess, though. This inspiration wasn't pushing itself towards any …
I BEAT THE BURN OUT!!!
Yes, it's official! The God-awful burn out I mentioned before is finally GONE!!! Hallelujah. Finally, the day has come where I have sat down at my laptop, opened the story I was stuck in a rut with, and written 800 words straight in one sitting without a single problem. And the next day where I …
What it’s like to write in a second language.
...for me, at least. First, though, let me give you some... context and background on my part, I guess. I'm an English-only native speaker, meaning I grew up, for the most part, only learning and knowing English. I did, however, learn a small amount of Spanish from around ages 3-5 when my older siblings taught …
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There’s a difference between…
Make this one of my top quotes if I miraculously become famous one day. (A gal can dream, right?) There is a difference between making a mistake and giving in to fate. Now, I'm not saying that all of our lives are run purely by destiny and we have no free will or say in …
Burn out.
A few years ago, my sister had this dog. It was a toy yorkie and whenever he got mad or frustrated or didn't want to go outside he would do this cute little thing where he'd scratch his claws against the carpet and do this moonwalk kind of thing. It's super hard to explain in …
Once Upon a Dream…
Oh, dreams. Daydreaming, deep REM sleep dreaming, dreams of becoming a famous novelist... We all have them, right? But... how often do we actually write about those dreams? Or how often... should we write about them? We all know (or at least I know) that Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series actually came to be after she …
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