For the past few months, I’ve been obsessed with bullet journaling. If you don’t know what that is, check here, here, and here for the basic information. If you have heard about it, you probably already know how invaluable a bullet journal can be for planning and organizing your life. But if you’re a writer […]
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The Best Videos on How to Outline a Novel (Plus a Bonus Video)
When I’m in between projects and not actually putting words on paper, I like to do a lot of research into how a novel gets written. Watching videos and reading articles about the writing process keeps me connected to the basics of fiction writing and pushes me to get moving on my next project. It’s my […]
My Experience with Scrivener (A Writerly Update)
Wow. It’s been almost a year since I last posted. The good news is that I’ve been writing, fellow writers! A lot. Here’s a brief rundown of my writing year: Scrivener Back in November, I finally tried Scrivener. It didn’t work for me while I was writing, but I love it for editing. For […]
How To Re-Energize Your Creativity This Summer
I’ve been overwhelmed lately. Between helping my parents, being a landlord, running a small business, maintaining a household, and dealing with my (always) reoccurring health issues, for the last few months, I’ve been a little short on mind space, so to speak. Unfortunately, mind space is exactly what I need to write. Not to do […]
Overcoming Writer’s Block Using Psychology
The writing process consists of three stages: creating, editing, and selling. As a writer, you already know these stages. And I’m betting you’re also familiar with the dreaded phenomenon known as Writer’s Block. You’ve most likely had it once or twice. I have. Every writer, no matter how much they brag about high word counts, […]
Writer’s Group Therapy: My Worst Critique Group Story
Writers are told again and again: “Find someone to read your work who will pretend to give a crap and maybe even notice if you leave out an important word.” Luckily, I’ve found a writing group that works for me. I seem to work best in a group that does a mishmash of things, like […]
Creativity: In The Dreaming
Do you remember sitting in the back seat of your parents’ car when you were a kid, driving somewhere, head phones on, music blaring, scenery flowing by, as your mind roamed from idea to idea? That feeling of being so close to the world and yet so far away, of being trapped in a vehicle […]
Outlining: A Map of My Writing World
To outline or not to outline? My god, that is the question. I wonder sometimes if Shakespeare outlined. Maybe somewhere, lost in the annals of time, there’s a crumpled up parchment with “Scene One: Hamlet marries Ophelia. Scene Two: The King is jailed for murder. Scene Three: ?” scrawled on it. If he did […]