I’ve begun my self-study Fiction Workshop this past week. The first week was an introduction, which truly took about 5 minutes to read through the expectations I had set for myself, make sure I had the proper text (The Art of the Short Story by Dana Gioia), and truly decide that I’m going to take things… Continue reading Advanced Fiction Workshop: Week 1 & 2 – Introduction, Process, the Origins of “Story”
I’ve always heard that the two worst parts of the publishing journey are querying agents and going on submission. I understand why — the wait, the stream of rejections, and protecting the embers of your publishing dreams. All the while, the community urges you to keep writing. Keep writing in case they want another book.… Continue reading Into the Query Trenches…
My book is done!!! My book is done! My book is done? Okay, well maybe not “done” in the way you’re thinking. I have finally finished the developmental edit of my fantasy novel. What is a developmental edit? A developmental edit is basically a structural edit. It looks at the plot, character arcs, and overall… Continue reading The book is done! I think…
My, oh my. I've recently crossed 20k words on my current discovery draft. I'm still having A BLAST writing it. I'm still desperately clinging to the fun part of the writing — the anything-goes, no plot only vibes, it is what it is style of writing. This very much feels like the old writing habit… Continue reading Discovery Drafting – 20,000 Words Down!
Here's some honesty for you. I've tried to write three different posts. I scrapped all of them. Why? Either they were too vulnerable and I worried I was sharing too much, or I thought they were boring and whiney after rereading them, or I was suddenly very worried about what other people would say. This… Continue reading A loud internal Critic, Discovery Drafting, and no plot to be found
Subtle Stories 