• Welcome to Sillmanite

    Welcome to Sillmanite

    Klytië is a coming of age novel that follows the story of a self enforced outcast that keeps getting into trouble because she is best friends with the three daughters to three of the worlds leaders. Despite a troubled past and more secrets than any one person should have she finds herself back in her…

  • Quick Updates

    Hi All! Quick side note before we dive into this week’s posts. I apologize for not getting last Friday’s post out. I’d love to say that would be the last time but as life has a tendency to throw curve balls it probably won’t be. So I appreciate you sticking with me when I miss…

  • Small Level Story Structure

    Small Level Story Structure

    Last week, I rambled about a metaphor in story structure and how I want the story’s big picture to progress. Today I’ll hopefully provide a more legitimate theory and less abstract thought process about the parts of the beginning, middle, and end. I can’t promise to stay away from metaphors, though. 

  • Currently Reading: The Rotation

    Currently Reading: The Rotation

    Happy Monday! It’s so hard to believe we’re already in the middle part of April. Today I thought I’d do something different and talk a little bit about the books I’m reading. I’m reading three right now which isn’t my typical reading.

  • Sites for Story Structure

    Sites for Story Structure

    A List of Pages I’ve Used to Research Story Structure.

  • A Metaphor in Story Structure

    A Metaphor in Story Structure

    Have you ever considered that Wednesdays as the middle day of the week are like the mild build or second act of the week? The middle of the story can be challenging to achieve. First, you have to keep the reader’s attention and use it to propel a story forward. Wednesday also begins the sagging…

  • The Ideal Writing Space

    The Ideal Writing Space

    I’ll be honest. When I’m stuck on a scene or where to go next with a story, I research or work on something else. That’s how I take a break to go back to the story with a fresh mind. This weekend as I took a break from writing, I had writer’s block, tips and…

  • Writers, Editors, and More: A List

    Hi All, I apologize for the late post. I know I said it would be out yesterday. I told myself it would be a simple post and then got sidetracked, re-reading all the research on story structure, drafting, and editing I’ve done to learn the craft. I hope you’ll find the below list as helpful…

  • From Free Writing a Novel to Plotting a Series

    From Free Writing a Novel to Plotting a Series

    Plotting a novel or free writing one? Pros? Cons? Or, if you’re like me, you didn’t realize there was anything other than free writing until you had written the first draft of a story. As a disclaimer, I’m not an expert, and Friday, I’ll provide you with a list of experts I’ve read from to…

  • Welcome to Paracosm

    Welcome to Paracosm

    For this post, I thought I might do a brief introduction to my current project. It’s still in the very rough first stages. Still, I plan on using it as an example in some ways in future posts, so this is an excellent way to introduce you (the reader) to the world of Paracosm.