Stacks of paper I thought today we would take a look at this repost of an old blog post today where I listed out the pros and cons of writing on the computer vs paper. At the time, I was doing a lot of writing via paper and then transferring it to the computer. These…
Writing Tips: My Master Character Sheet
There are plenty of ways to create your characters but as I'm sure we all know, a good character is a well developed one. If anything the author or yourself should know a lot about the protagonist of the story. We should know them inside out and sometimes learning even the little things about them…
Do you need a big reveal in your novel?
Photo by Jill Wellington on Pexels.com This post is a repost from my previous blog. This post was originally published in 2012. If you see anything weird or off, please let me know so I can fix it right away! So today we are going to talk about "that big secret" or "a bunch of…
9 Top Tips for Succeeding at Camp Nanowrimo.
writing in a notebook With Camp Nanowrimo (Camp National Novel Writing Month) underway, I thought I would share some top tips for succeeding at this month long endeavor. I've participated in Camp Nanowrimo on and off throughout the years and I think it's a really fun activity to participate in. I love that they expanded…
Book Review Ideas and My Process
Photo by Anna Shvets on Pexels.com Writing book reviews doesn't have to be really complicated. There's no one right way to write them. However, book reviews can be daunting for the first time reviewer. Or maybe you're a seasoned book reviewer who wants to mix them up. So today I decided to look at how…
Writing Advice: How to Write Better Descriptive Dialogue.
This post was originally published on my original blog and contains snippets from old past writing of mine. Up until a couple months ago, I had this problem that plagued me ever since I started writing. Dialogue has been something I've always considered myself good at- not great- but good, but while I am good…
Do We Still Love Strong Female Leads?
Photo by mentatdgt on Pexels.com Recently, I've been seeing a lot of discourse on Twitter and TikTok about how the trope "Strong Female Lead" is over done and not a great representative of a lot of women. I wanted to talk about this for Women's history month since it's a relevant topic. The origins of…
My Master List of How To Brainstorm Blog Ideas.
Photo by Ken Tomita on Pexels.com I'll admit I've been on a bit of a blogging streak with this blog. On my other blog, I haven't been as great about coming up with posts for it. I think perhaps because that one feels much more serious than this one which I do more for fun.…
Are Evernote’s writing sheets helpful?
I discovered in high school Evernote after my Microsoft Office subscription combusted and I lost everything I had saved on my OneNote. Since then I've used Evernote on and off and find it useful for a variety of things. One of things I find interesting about the program is their templates for their notes. I…
PSA: Back Up Your Stuff Right Now
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7xbbKNQLNG5X6FyffyLMzB?si=3491c0e644f945bf Photo by Zen Chung on Pexels.com BACKING UP YOUR FILES IS IMPORTANT. HERE'S THE STORY. Why backing up is important:This is so important for writers. Say you've been working on that 80k word novel for three years and you just finished it. It's amazing and you know that it'll be a best seller for sure.…
Sareh Lovasen 