Author: emilyjaneestabrook

• Spawn

  My birthday was on a Tuesday night and it was raining. I had just finished my last shift at Watkins and Watkins, after quitting in a huff of indignation when…

  

• Monthly Update

  In an effort to actually post here regularly, I want to set up a routine. The first week of the month will include a monthly update (any fun things I…

  

• Outlining Part II: Ideas

  IDEAS ARE THE EASIEST AND LEAST IMPORTANT PART OF WRITING!

  

• Book Recommendation: The Poppy War

  This book is incredible. I cannot stress enough how underrated it feels, and that it took me so long to find. Dealing with some of the darkest and bloodiest events…

  

• Dream Eater

  A tattered white dress pools around the shrunken woman, her wrinkled hands curled in its folds. Beneath a star-sprinkled sky, she waits in the space between breaths before picking up…

  

• Writing Community

  Get a writing group. Seriously, do it. You will not regret it!

  

• Misaligned Priorities

  A chiropractor tries to be a therapist, and quickly learns his lesson.

  

• Book Recommendation: Vicious

  I read this book as part of a book club that wanted to break apart how to craft tension. VE Schwab does it masterfully. The writing was addictive, I still…

  

• Writing Process: Outlining

  I probably should save the best for last, but unfortunately, outlining is pretty integral to drafting. THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF DRAFTING A STORY. I am a hardcore plotter…

  

• ~Hiatus~

  Took a little break from editing the website. Or a long break – filled with dread at the idea of its upkeep, the time wasted maintaining instead of writing, thinking…