In my recent social media adventures of IG and the Twitterverse, I’ve seen the recurring question: How do I title my WIP? Today, I’m going to walk you through how I title my works-in-progress! While I admit I’m primarily a young adult or new adult fantasy author, I promise this technique will work across a … Continue reading Choosing a Title
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The Essentials of Editing
I am currently studying a Copyediting online course offered by Writers Digest. The course is amazing so far. The course covers the basics of grammar, punctuation, and spelling. The importance of writing in the active rather than the passive voice is also included. The recommended reading books are The Chicago Manual of Style, the Associated … Continue reading The Essentials of Editing
Writing a Fight Scene
Let’s face it. Writing can sometimes be a struggle for us all. But the one thing that is perhaps the most difficult to write are fight scenes. They’re high-stakes, and very intense confrontations between characters, so if done wrong, they will end up reading very, very badly. When we think of fight scenes, we probably … Continue reading Writing a Fight Scene
Starting Out Writing Sci-Fi
Given recent world events that we are living through, we may start to feel a little bit like we’re living through an episode of “Black Mirror” or something akin to science fiction. Some of us writers may even be finding ourselves tempted to foray into the genre of sci-fi just based off the fact that … Continue reading Starting Out Writing Sci-Fi
Magical Scribbles
Writing about witchcraft is magical and hard work. Establish a sacred writing space. Burn essential oils or incense as you write. Play soft music. Decide on the angle you will take with your book or article. The market is replete with Wicca 101 books and witchcraft. Many accomplished authors such as Christopher Penczak, Raven Grimassi, … Continue reading Magical Scribbles
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