Happy Tuesday to you, fellow bloggers. May you all continue to have a good week with plenty of time for your writing! Networking and blogging are perhaps the most difficult peripheral aspects of becoming a writer. Speaking from my own experience, it's challenging to establish a consistent and concentrated blogging platform, one that amasses a … Continue reading Lessons to Practice #18: Blogging and Networking
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Creative Musings and Inspirations
Good evening! How's everyone out there in the WordPress world? I myself am feeling phenomenal and really enjoying life as of lately. If you'll entertain the thought, I feel like exploring our creative muses as writers tonight. What personal joys drive your writing endeavors? For me, it's the following: all kinds of music (and I … Continue reading Creative Musings and Inspirations
Lessons to Practice #10: Plotting a Hero’s Journey (Part 1 of 2)
Hello! I hope this blog post finds you well. I'd like to thank Akaluv, The Eye-Dancers, Meher, and thesarahdoughty for stopping by and liking one or several of my Lessons to Practice posts over the past few weeks. You all help me keep my motivation alive 🙂 Last week, I briefly explored the archetypal three-act … Continue reading Lessons to Practice #10: Plotting a Hero’s Journey (Part 1 of 2)
Lessons to Practice #6: Opening Lines
You've thought of your story idea, devised your main character and your supporting cast, created a basic outline, and maybe even written down your story's central themes. Yet all of that work, as rewarding and powerful as it is, still feels like you're holding your breath. When does the exhale finally happen? When you dive … Continue reading Lessons to Practice #6: Opening Lines
Lessons to Practice #5: Mapping Out Subplots
Subplots. Themes. The amalgam of every side story and secondary character can become a beautiful and multilayered work of art that carries readers through a story with ease - or it can devolve into a nasty mess of confusing or ill-developed themes and forgettable characters. Yikes! Last week I wrote about the topic of theme, which I'm expounding … Continue reading Lessons to Practice #5: Mapping Out Subplots
Current Readings and Recovering from the Flu
Salutations, dear readers. I hope every single one of you are doing well and have had a good weekend! I spent all of this past Thursday and Friday battling a nasty flu bug. The fever set in around 3:00 PM on Thursday, which left me largely incapacitated and unable to write my usual Thursday evening … Continue reading Current Readings and Recovering from the Flu
Elevator Pitch: The Virility Project
I'm really on cloud nine! I've noticed a steady increase in likes and visitors to my blog with every new elevator pitch that I have posted since starting this series two weeks ago. As I've read on several well-established blogs, consistency is absolutely essential in garnering a loyal following of readers. Heck, even I find it … Continue reading Elevator Pitch: The Virility Project
The Virility Project Query Letter
As I inch closer to graduation in December (and nearly beg community clients to keep coming to our weekly counseling sessions), I have increasingly turned back to my creative writing and blogging in order to strengthen my passion for fiction and improve my craft. Plus, writing creatively helps me to destress! My current project is a … Continue reading The Virility Project Query Letter
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