A week and a half ago, I decided I needed (wanted) to finish the rough draft of my book by Valentine's day. I had 86,000 words written (not in order, some of each chapter), and by the end of last week, I got through a completed draft of chapters 1-6 (out of 19). So this …
It's easy to feel stuck when you're writing if your characters and their relationships stop feeling authentic. Sometimes it can be hard to spot when it happens. Especially when your characters are doing the things you want them to do for your plot, their lack of emotional authenticity can go under the radar. For a …
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I was chatting to a friend about creative projects and the process of getting the idea out of your head and onto the page. It is so cool when a writer has a clear image of their story and characters in their head. They can see it happening, they know what it looks like... then …
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A castle in a city. A beautiful bubble of calm amidst the hustle.Â
Throughout most of my rough draft, discouragement was my biggest obstacle. And I thought, having completed a novel already, I wouldn't have the same discouraging thoughts bombarding me during my second book. Well, I was wrong.
One angle of the most iconic view in the desert city.Â
For the past two weeks I've been in a cleaning frenzy.
Iconic London. One of my favorite cities.Â
How many words should a writer write in a day if they could?
When I was growing up, Crayola had a contest to name crayons. My favorite was "Purple Mountains Majesty." These mountains aren't purple, but they are breathtaking-ly majestic.Â
Jules Conrad 