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 …
A Recipe for Disaster (Fiction)
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 …
Excerpt from “Love Incarnate” (Fiction)
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The Complexity in Giving Up (NaNoWriMo Final Thoughts)
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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Do I Even Know My Protagonist?
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 …
Writing is Hard
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 …
War Zone (Flash Fiction)
I watched as Claire and Rebecca got up from the table, smiling and wishing me luck as they pushed through the crowd to the bar. Their long hair was the last thing I saw before I felt panicked. The liquid courage must not have been courageous enough, as I could quickly feel its effects leaving …