Author’s note: This post was originally written prior to the November, 2023 child grooming scandal and subsequent slow death of
Tag: pre-writing
Playlists are the secret sauce of both productivity and time-wasting when it comes to most people’s writing process. The right
Ah, the first draft. The first step on the long staircase to publication, held together with the writing equivalent of
Do you ever start something and then kind of forget you were doing it and accidentally abandon it for months?
Despite having taken every single literature class I had the opportunity to take throughout high school, I was well into
People have really strong opinions about tense. I know this because I write mostly in the present tense, which means
Nothing scares people like first chapters, and there’s a good reason for that. From a marketing perspective, it’s the highest-stakes
People always ask you what your favorite quote is – nobody ever asks you what your least favorite quote is.
Author’s note: This post was originally written prior to the November, 2023 child grooming scandal and subsequent slow death of
I have a confession to make: plot structure scares the crap out of me. Of all the problems and pitfalls