Hey, you, writer feeling blue! I feel it sometimes, too. Cheesy rhymes aside, though, I want to make a little pep talk speech that both of us can refer back to when we need it. So, listen up! Did you write much today? Even a little? Every word counts, you know. Not even one? Well, …
Tag: writing
Am I writing too fast?
Normally, I can't get myself to sit still long enough to write 100 words at a time. Now, though, I'm churning out 10x that (you can do the math for me) with no problem. It's great, really, and I love that I'm now making progress on my next novel... but now I'm afraid I'm just …
Your book: the situation
So, here's the sitch... How's your current book in the works (or any fictional writing project you left alone for a while) doing? Fine, you say? No... really? How's it doing? Whether your fictional book/work is just doing eh, okay, terrible, or great, we could also use some extra spice in it! I mean, if …
Please tell the writers they’re funny.
Hey, fellow writers, wanna hear a joke? Here's one that my nieces love... Why was Cinderella bad at basketball? She always ran away from the ball! Ha... ha... But, hey, even the cheesiest of jokes always get a laugh out of somebody, right? Especially me, if anyone. I unapologetically love a good pun. So, recently, …
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 …
Using my own writing prompt!
Yep, that's write. I really wanted to take some time this week to have fun with writing a little, like with a prompt or something. However, I don't currently have my big book of prompts on-hand, and I feel like all the writing prompts I come across online (other than on Reddit), honestly, kind of …
A whole week of witty writing prompts!
Try saying that 10 times fast. Today, guys, I thought we could use a little fun. And you were probably thinking it, too, I'm almost sure of it... I mean, hey, it's Friday, even if it doesn't feel like it! So, here, I came up with seven witty writing prompts to get you through until …
Well this was unexpected.
Well... I certainly did not see this coming. So, okay, backstory: I took a general/intro creative writing class last spring semester through school... AKA a full year ago. And, you know, it wasn't actually my favorite (shockingly, right?)... but, it is what it is/was. And, anyway, the class covered, I think, three main areas of …
Introducing… “For Us”.
First, we had The Quiet Diaries. Then, we had the Inquiry Entries. And now, I'm starting us up with a new poetry series, called "For Us". This series is a little bit different than anything I've done before, but I'm pretty excited about sharing it with y'all! So, here's the rundown... Each segment, I guess, …
