Identify Your Voice
Part four of this series on author voice discusses how to identify your voice. Includes helpful and hopefully illuminating exercises.
Sometimes Things Don’t Work
In writing, things don’t always go as planned. But what do you do when a story isn’t working?
Elements of Voice
The third in a multi-part series about writer’s voice looks at the elements that make up or inform an author’s voice.
Setting Up Airtable for Your Novel
Writing a novel is like creating an entire universe from scratch. Keeping track of all the people, places, and plots involved is hard. Learn how to use Airtable to make it painless.
Types of Voice
The second in a multi-part series about the essential element of writer’s voice looks at the different types of voice used in writing a story.
Voice: What Is It?
The first of a multi-part series about writer’s voice looks into what voice is and why it’s so hard to define.
Word Sprints: The Writer’s Secret Weapon
Writing is hard work and sometimes writers have to trick themselves into getting the words on the page. Word Sprints is the trick I use the most.
7 Things You Should Know About Your Characters
Creating characters is hard. Using the character tree is easy!
Advice for Aspiring Writers
Are you an aspiring writer? Do you dream of seeing your name in lights? No, wait, that’s acting. Do you dream of seeing your name in print? Do you have…
How to Turn an Idea Into a Story
Every story ever written began with the same thing: an idea. The kernel. The seed. The spark. The inspiration. Whatever you call it, it all amounts to the same thing….
Three Times it’s Okay to Quit
November is over and anyone who was watching my NaNo meter knows that I totally failed. And I’m okay with that. Normally, failure is my least favorite thing. I grew…
11 Vegan Writing Snacks
We writers can’t write by word alone. Every writer has their go-to snacks to get them through the writing day. Writing snacks have to serve multiple functions and meet several…