Quest 1: Decide if you're Pantsing or Plotting Have an idea. Then choose: Want to just start writing and figure out as you go? Pantsing! Want to plan out every detail and then write? Plotting! Quest complete. Quest 2: Finish First Draft. Figure out a writing schedule. Stick to your writing schedule. ??? (usually … Continue reading 10 Quests to Write and then to Publish / General Steps from Writing to Publishing
These are the 7 things I've learned about writing ever since I decided to pursue a writing career with my first novel! Bet you already knew that because you read the title. 1. Less is Almost Always More Be the guide to your audience's imagination and not the commandant. This is the shortest one of the … Continue reading 7 Things I’ve Learned About Writing While Writing My First Novel
This was a post I made on Reddit a couple of weeks ago. It had a positive response so I thought I'd share it with everyone here as well. I'll be doing a follow up post titled: My Top 5 Successes as a First Time Self-Publisher and perhaps another follow up titled: Breaking Down the Budget: … Continue reading My Top 5 Fails as a First Time Self-Publisher
Alright, this post is going to be unedited so it'll be rough and ugly. "Finding Motivations from Nothing." Phew, it took a long time for me to actually publish this blog entry. Too long. When I started this blog I made it pretty clear that I wasn't really out to teach anyone. I wanted … Continue reading Finding Motivations from Nothing
Until I run out of material, my normal routine will probably involve going back and forth between the double narratives of my life when I decided to write and of the writing process itself. Since the first entry was a life story, today will be a writing day. Hopefully you remember the jumbled plot of … Continue reading Pantsers and Plotters
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