Tag: storytelling

  • Monday Memes

  • Monday Memes

  • Friday Free Write – The Old Oak Tree

    Friday Free Write – The Old Oak Tree

    ” There are at least seventeen ways this could have gone better. Literally, like, I’m counting them right now, you moron,” Mylonite’s sword whacked away one of the absurd little mutant turtles as they tried to grab their ankles again. One of them caught Andrea’s sword in a firm grasp, but before she tumbled into…

  • Spaceship Creation Time

    Spaceship Creation Time

    I didn’t accomplish much writing this weekend, but I did spend a lot of time designing spaceships for Peregrina. I can already tell you I’m definitely going for soft science fiction. My fiance is an engineer, and I’ve always been more of a biologist, historian, and geology-type scientist. The hard math is a hard pass.

  • Sticking to a Word Count

    Sticking to a Word Count

    Writing often involves thinking about how many words we can write. How long should a novel or story be? It’s easy to think in word counts. Most writing platforms count the number of words in a piece. How many words does one type on a document? I suppose we could manually count words those of…

  • Stuck in the Middle

    Stuck in the Middle

    I always have trouble with the middle parts of a story and scene. Even reading I tend to get bored easily especially now with tv and social media. But at the same time, the middle can really build or set up crucial parts especially in longer series. It’s great for foreshadowing. Starting other plot devices.…

  • Blocked for the Weekend

    Blocked for the Weekend

    Happy Tuesday! Hoping this week is more productive then the last weekend. Maybe it’s the summer weather or that my family is on a beach and I’m not but this last weekend writers block hit hard. Like a race car skidding off the track with flames on the wheels. I switched projects. Tried free writing.…

  • Longer Books & Series Going Out of Style?

    Longer Books & Series Going Out of Style?

    I recently read an article about how the average length of published books decreased by about fifty pages. It got me thinking about how longer series that tell a larger story through multiple books retain readership?

  • Writers Journal, Notebook, Organization

    One thing I run into a lot when researching and building is using a writer’s journal or notebook to organize thoughts. Developing my stories right now. I’m building and writing many different materials and tossing them out the windows. As much as I love handwriting and using folders, it’s much easier to create a lot…

  • 3rd Person POV…

    3rd Person POV…

    There are two different types of third-person POV. The first subdivision is the third-person omniscient. I love using Lemony Snicket’s series A Series of Unfortunate Events. Mostly because the narrator creeped me out as a kid. But he was a compelling narrator in the third person omniscient. He had opinions and was not directly involved in…