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Okay, so the planning stages for the book are coming to a close. I just have one more central character to do a profile for, and then I should pretty much be good to go! This stage of the planning is something I really wanted to make sure I paid close attention to, because the …
Can you believe it? I sure can, because it’s been the only thing I’ve thought about for the past freakin’ year.
Hey, y'all!So I was looking through my "642 Things to Write About" book that my dear friend Maddy bought for me, and I stumbled upon some big inspiration after looking at this prompt, "write a recipe for disaster." I decided to write it from the point of view of the main character of a post-apocalyptic …
Being an online content creator immediately opens you up to this world of people who are so talented and inspiring, to the point where you just think "how are you not super famous?" In the very baby years of my vlogging endeavors, I came across the channel of a wonderful lady named Paige Lavoie, whom …
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I've come to a point in writing a novel that no writer really wants to come to, especially when they're participating in National Novel Writing Month: I think I'm giving up on it. Maybe just for the time being, but also possibly because I'm not vibing with the plot, anymore. Initially, I was incredibly disappointed when …
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A photo posted by Jeffrey Brutlag (@ageekinthecommunity) on Nov 7, 2016 at 4:33pm PST //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js So we're more than halfway into the National Novel Writing Month adventure, and though my progress has been much slower than I anticipated, I'm still chugging along at a speed I'm pretty happy with. I recently passed the 10,000 word …
Okay, so maybe not literal insanity, but definitely some resemblance of it.But yes! National Novel Writing Month has started! I'm so excited to be working on a novel, and this time of the year is definitely a great way to get motivated! Essentially, the goal for all the participants of NaNoWriMo is to get to …
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You know what really sucks? Writer's block. Which, yeah, is common knowledge, but when it hits hard, it hits really hard.I've been trying extra hard to write something fiction-related recently, but I just can't seem to stick with an idea that I'm passionate enough to write about. I start one story, try to write through …