Getting Through the Mid-Book Slump

Getting Through the Mid-Book Slump

by | Jun 12, 2022 | Blog, Life, Method, Writing

The mid-book slump. We all experience it. In the past week, I’ve seen three people on Facebook asking others for advice on this phenomenon. They’ve written to the middle or nearly to the middle of their book and they’re bored or they’ve run out of ideas or they’re...
Deliberate Motifs

Deliberate Motifs

by | May 15, 2022 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing, Writing Craft

On the Writers’ Block Party Podcast, we recently had Kathleen Gilles Seidel back to speak with us about repeated motifs (note: this won’t air for a few weeks, sorry!). I wrote about them on this blog a couple of months ago, but Kathy did something unique: she...
Writing Out of Order

Writing Out of Order

by | Apr 24, 2022 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing

Are you a logical think? A top-down sort of person, or do you allow your mind to just go wherever it wants (or perhaps it just does without your permission)? I’ve always considered myself a very logical sort of thinker. I do very well in logic puzzles and took to...
Repeated Motifs

Repeated Motifs

by | Mar 20, 2022 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

Today I’m going to share with you a concept that you’ll probably all remember studying in your high school or college literature classes: repeated motifs. It sounds very high-brow and perhaps even high-fallutin’ but, in fact, it’s a really neat way of getting across a...
Five Endings To Avoid

Five Endings To Avoid

by | Mar 13, 2022 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

Last week I talked about beginnings, so this week it makes sense that I talk about endings. There are a number of ways you should NOT end your book. I’m going to run through a few of them and make recommendations for good alternatives as I do so. Now, usually, I write...