Being a writer means that you often spend time alone. Wondering. Daydreaming. Battling fictional monsters on a plated unicorn with a magical broad sword. In other words. Being a writer is a job between the job… and most cases, between a real physical job. It’s exhausting. With today’s technology, writing can feel less like a […]
So I’ve been very busy. Busy and busier. I haven’t written here for a while. So what I’ve been up to? Glad you ask. First I was promoted on my job. That is a big thing for me and my family. That took some time from writing. I had training and learning the ropes on
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One of the most common and tedious things in the writer community. A common thing in the creative community as well. If you don’t have a sum of money or under the care of somebody that can maintain you financially, then probably you work and write. Still, if you are creating for somebody else, advertising
Why? Why? Why? It sounds like a simple question but it is actually the most important question there is on what you are creating. A few years ago I participated as a ghostwriter and also helped on some scripts come to life. One game/technique we used is the why game. Did we keep asking whys?
Not the same as motivation and very close to getting ideas. Inspiration can help you create new things. Please, do not go and copy. There are some vloggers that talk about not being a trend; to be a trendsetter. And they are actually right. You can do something like zombies, vampires, cyborgs, etc. but do
The midpoint is a part of the story that is more or less in the middle or before the climax takes place. The midpoint takes your main character back to basics. It takes it to a part in him or herself that makes it question everything he/she does. In this case, the audience will either
So you have your idea. You created a great concept and awesome characters. You start writing and… and you are stuck! You did the research, you follow through all the process and you are stuck. What happened? Did you lose your muse? The spark that ignites your creativity? When this part of the writing happens
What feels like a huge journey can be deconstructed and seen smaller if it is put on a list. More or less these are the steps you will take if you are going to self publish. Develop the book idea. You are a creative person, so what is your book about? Research the idea. If
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How do you get the ball rolling for your story? How that idea gets to you and you write? Almost every time is just something you see and you need to build from there. It is not all figure out. You may see or know people that get ideas and just start writing. You will
If you are writing, you know that it is hard. If you have a job plus you write? It’s even harder. Now the crown jewel of hard? Kids! It could be a baby, toddler, technically any age that depends on you, that the house doesn’t burn down to the ground. Technically this is the main
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