Recently I came across a discussion about writer’s tools and tricks that they use for writing. Among the slew of dictionaries and grammarly links, one author said that she has a “book bible” – a notebook or folder where all her notes about her...
In my current story there was a country called Kelvar. It is covered in dense forests and has a population of tree-dwelling people who have produced some of the most skilled druids on the continent. Last week a friend of my mother saw a preliminary map of said...
I’m currently reading Sentence of Marriage by Shayne Parkinson and as I sat on the commuter train with my Kindle, it suddenly struck me that my own writing lacks sufficient description of details. In the novel, Amy shows a nurse into a bedroom for her to have a...
I totally slacked off and didn’t write anything related to the Spicers in a long time. I had another project happening, as well as taking on a second job that takes up quite a chunk of my time after coming home from my regular fulltime job. So how do you get...
…determines the result of your story. I’m currently translating fairytales, and I found that they have a very unique rhythm. Just take the beginning and ending of a typical fairytale. It always starts with “Once upon a time…” and more...
