Category: writing process

• Outlining Part IV: SETTING

  By this point in the outlining process, every part of me is ready to start writing. But I know that I can’t yet, otherwise I am just going to find…

  

• Outlining Part III: Mood and Genre

  Here’s a link referencing ideas: a fun exercise to try when you are very stuck. I wrote an interesting little story using this fun brainstorming technique, and it is a…

  

• Outlining Part II: Ideas

  IDEAS ARE THE EASIEST AND LEAST IMPORTANT PART OF WRITING!

  

• Writing Community

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

  

• 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…

  

• Writing Process: Introduction

  The thing you will hear most when watching your favorite author’s writing process is that it is personal, and what works for them may not work for you. This was…