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...
Great Beginnings

Great Beginnings

by | Mar 6, 2022 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

What is it that takes your reader from their comfy chair and places them into the world of your story? What makes a reader lose themselves in a book? It takes a great beginning. Is that beginning made of action? Is it character? Is it setting? What is it that is going...