Hello fellow writers, and welcome back to my blog, where, today, we're going to cover this very, very, very, very, VERY important topic... "perfection." And, as you can tell by the title, I'm also going to prove to you that perfection IS NOT everything. I mean, it is certainly "something"... but, yeah, it's not everything. …
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Writing Tips: A Quick Guide to Revisions
Yep, I'm back again today with some more writing tips for y'all... and today, I want to focus on a specific part of the writing process. A specific part of the writing process that we often dread, avoid, and dwell over... or, maybe, I'm the only that does that. Well, in any case, I'm talking …
Writing Tips: How to Start a Chapter
Okay, y'all, I'm back at ya today with a fresh writing-focused blog post! And I know it's been a while... because I've been trying to tailor my blog more towards readers as well. However, I still want to give you all a quick writing tip or two every once in a while, too, because, hey, …
How to Write Your First (Or Millionth) Poem
Hey y'all! So, today, I'm giving you a guided writing post that's going to take a very basic, beginner-friendly approach to... (drum roll, although you probably already read the blog title...) writing poems! Ah, poetry... you know, the thing some of us love, some of us hate, some of us love to hate, and some …
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Writing tips: story sprinklings
Hey y'all! So, I haven't done a true writing tips kind of post in a long while... and, to keep myself from feeling guilty about it, I'm coming at ya with a fresh one today. Now, today I'm talking about story sprinklings, which is a term I literally just made up. But it has a …
Give your character… a Wiki page!
HELLO FELLOW WRITERS! It's been a while, I know... but, hey, I'm back with a great new writing tip that I may or may not have just thought up! We all know character development is a super big huge good ol' part of the creative writing process or whatever... but, honestly, it can extremely boring …
A writing tip for today!
So, I've started to notice a trend in my own writing as of lately... and, well, I kind of wanted to share it with y'all today! Without any explanation, here is the tidbit I've just conjured up... As soon as you say or think, 'no, I can't write that...', you have to write exactly that. …
What I believe The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is (maybe) teaching me about writing
AND WHAT I NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT. If you haven't seen or, dare I even say... heard of her yet, where have you been? It seems anymore that all I do is read my magazines, blow my nose, and watch the stuff that my magazines tell me to watch. Miraculously, one of my …
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Writing tips: On character quirks
Hey guys! So, I haven't covered any writing tips in a while, and this is one I've been wanting to discuss for some time now. Now, what are character... "quirks"? And, more importantly, why should you use them? Character quirks, in my definition, are those little things that make a character unique. And, not just …
Why you need to explore genres
Both as a writer AND a reader. And, if you're wondering, when I'm talking about "genres", I'm talking about... the category of written work. Fiction vs. nonfiction, horror vs. rom-com, realistic fiction vs. fantasy... that sort of thing. So, you probably... actually definitely already have a favorite genre. And that's okay; I do, too! And your …
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