I am finally-FINALLY-done with school. I now hold a BA in Writing Arts, an MA in Writing, and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. I have 10k left on my current work in progress and it's killing. Because I'm at a point that gets my MC to the end. And I know [...]
I'm finally into my final 5,000 words. And you know what I've noticed? I forgot to focus on some characterizations. So I'm going to print out what I have and highlight those sections. I also want to change to appearance of one character which means I have a lot of sections to go back into. [...]
It's been dropping below 60 in my hometown lately. The night air is chilly, beautiful, crisp, and I just want to sit out in my back yard with a cup of cocoa and a good book. Or a good notebook. Fall is my favorite season--as I am a booknerdigan at heart. It's perfect for writing, [...]
I SWEAR I'M ALIVE! I'm just reading a lot lately and I post all my reviews on Round Robin these days. I'm also still writing my novel. Anyone else feeling like that'll never get done? Yeah? Well get out cause I've only got 13,000 words left before I start sending out queries. I'm actually editing [...]
So many pieces of quote art, images from picture books I'm working on, I had writing prompts--what is going to take me through the last semester of school? I am starting to get back into animating in Photoshop, perhaps I could make some gifs? But I doubt I'd be able to get 15 together before [...]
I can't remember the last time I just went out with my camera and took some photos. In fact, the last time I posted any photography was Christmas last year. And so I feel that I am loooooooong over due. I already have some ideas. Which involve me staying inside my house--because it suddenly decided [...]
I just sent off my resume and cover letter for a social media internship at Quirk Books! I really hope I get it! As many of you know (or may have suspected) I just want to work with books. I didn't start to love reading until I was 11 years old. Think of all the [...]
Write a scene that will mentally destroy your main character. Make sure to use rising action to help justify the pain to the reader.
When I first requested Video Game Storytelling by Evan Skolnick, I expected to read something unique to video game writing. But really, this is a great craft book for modern day storytelling. It starts out slow, covering the three act structure with a beginning which defines the character, a middle which commits the hero to the [...]
