Long time no see, everyone! I know, I know, I have been silent for five months. Things became hectic when I started working full time around the month I started vanishing, and I kind of lost the heart to do anything writing related due to some unfortunate let downs. I won't babble on about me though. Due to … Continue reading A Writer’s Guide: Getting Back in the Saddle After a Hiatus
Creative Process
Sleepless Tangents And The 100 Word Trick
!DUE TO A LACK OF SLEEP, THIS BLOG POST HAS BEEN CANCELLED! Just kidding. No it hasn't. A friend dropped that line to my exhausted self when I had no idea how to start this post and I had to use it. For real though, I am running on less than two hours of sleep as I write this so … Continue reading Sleepless Tangents And The 100 Word Trick
Plot Bunnies! Plot Bunnies Everywhere!
Every author out there knows showers and baths can be our greatest source of inspiration for new ideas or plot fixes. However, they don't always comply with the stories we want the idea or fix for. Why you ask? Simple. Because that would be too easy. The other day as I was trying to figure … Continue reading Plot Bunnies! Plot Bunnies Everywhere!
Mission To Write
Happy Spring! The coming of Spring seems to have given me the kick in the ass I've been needing. Or maybe it was a combination of things that lit the fire under me until fingers started flying over keys again. I think it was more of a domino effect of a few things, starting with … Continue reading Mission To Write
Decisions, Realizations, and Dedications
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! On Tuesday I posted a warning to Wattpad users about the site not being as safe and secure as they claim to be. Since then it's been on my mind a lot, and not just because Wattpad refuses to do anything about my situation. Wattpad was my greatest place for trying to … Continue reading Decisions, Realizations, and Dedications
Indecisiveness
What do you do when you have a topic(s) to talk about but you have no idea how to start? Do you just start rambling and hope it brings you along to tie everything together? Or do you hit the ground running and see how much it may or may not suck, and/or work out? That's … Continue reading Indecisiveness
Rough Starts, Outlining, and a Cackling Plot Bunny
I can't believe it's already the 10th of January. Time is already flying by, which is a scary thought for the rest of year, and for all my plans. The first week of January was pretty brutal on me. Mentally and emotionally at least. With my history, that combination is a rather large detriment to accomplishing goals and … Continue reading Rough Starts, Outlining, and a Cackling Plot Bunny
Camp Journaling: Part Two — Writing The Entry
So on Friday I talked about how I take the notes for the camping journal I keep. Since that post was all about the notes, today I'm going to give you a look at how I actually write the entry based off those notes. For this, I have a black composition notebook that is solely … Continue reading Camp Journaling: Part Two — Writing The Entry
Camp Journaling: Part One — The Notes
So yesterday I spent some time working on my camping notes for journaling, since, ya know, I'm so far behind on all of it. I didn't get all of them done just yet. I've got one and a half left. I would have had it all done if not for the fact I couldn't get motivation … Continue reading Camp Journaling: Part One — The Notes
The Benefits of Flash Fiction Writing
I promise this is not going to sound like a lecture. I hope at least. For those that don't know what flash fiction writing is, here's a little explanation: Flash fiction writing is about just taking a quick idea and seeing what it sparks. It's to write a couple hundred words or so on a … Continue reading The Benefits of Flash Fiction Writing
