Hello Lovelies, and welcome back to the blog. We learned last week about the fifth Pillar of Genre, Fiction. Specifically, we went over a definition for Fantasy, and we talked about some examples of how to write it. This week starts the National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, and even in years where I have no specific project or aren’t wholly committed to the challenge, I often still love talking about my experiences with the entire NaNoWriMo experience. Let’s get started.
Year of Drafting
In this post we're going to briefly recap all the things we've learned about writing drafts and about revising them throughout the year. If you've missed any of these lessons, you can find them all linked on the blog.
Make a Solid First Draft
Click this link to hear this blog post as a podcast with your favorite podcasting app! Hello lovelies and welcome back to the blog. Last week we started talking about revisions and how to get through your draft process. I gave you an overview of how to work through a revision in a way that …
Terry Goodkind’s Drafting Method
Click this link to hear this blog post as a podcast with your favorite podcasting app! Hello lovelies and welcome back to the blog. Two weeks ago, I talked about how many drafts a writer needs. As with everything, it depends on a number of elements. I wanted to provide a contrasting sort of comparison …
Are You An Intermittent Writer?
Click this link to hear this blog post as a podcast with your favorite podcasting app! Hello lovelies and welcome back to the blog. Do you write in multiple sessions in a given day, squeezing in writing time in the in-between moments? Do you dictate on your morning run, feverishly use your phone to access …
Are You a Binge Writer?
Are you a binge writer? There are a lot of bad connotations associated with binging anything. Perhaps you binge watch shows or you binge eat when you're stressed. Did you know you could also binge write?
What is Your Writing Style?
Hello lovelies, and welcome back to the blog. Today I want to take some time to talk about how authors get their books written. Do you have a way that you like to write your books? What I mean by this is a process of getting the words down on the page? There are plenty … Read more
Zero Draft to First Draft
Hello there lovelies, and welcome back to the blog. We've been going through a series about drafting and have covered both Zero Drafts and First Drafts. Today I want to talk about how you move from your zero draft to a finished first draft. As I've spoken about before, I consider any zero draft to … Read more
What is a Zero Draft?
Hello Lovelies, and welcome to the blog. Today I wanted to talk about a thing I discovered in the writing community only a few years ago, and that is the concept of a Zero Draft. What is a Zero Draft? A Zero Draft is your first attempt to assemble thoughts related to your research topic … Read more
Why Do Initial Drafts Always Suck?
I hear it all the time. Let your first draft suck. It's okay to suck at it the first time. It's supposed to be sucky, just embrace it. Hello Lovelies, and welcome back to the blog. Hitting again upon the opening paragraph pf this blog, maybe you too, have been given this advice about writing sloppy drafts. Have you ever stopped to consider why first drafts are so terrible so much of the time? Let's go over 6 reasons why your first draft might suck, and why that is perfectly okay.