Creating Your Character’s Arc

Creating Your Character’s Arc

by | Oct 20, 2019 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

With NaNoWriMo just a few weeks away, I’m working feverishly to get my next book plotted and ready to go so that on November 1 (well, okay, November 4 because November 1 is a holiday where I live and I’m taking that weekend) I’ll be ready to hit the page typing—kind...
Classifying Yourself

Classifying Yourself

by | Jun 30, 2019 | Blog, Method, Writing

Last week I told you all about this cool way players of Dungeons & Dragons classify their characters based on how well they follow laws or rules (lawful/neutral/chaotic) and what sort of person they are (good/neutral/evil). Click here to read that post if you...
Classifying Your Characters

Classifying Your Characters

by | Jun 23, 2019 | Blog, Method, Writing, Writing Craft

My daughter is a Dungeon Master. Nope, that doesn’t mean that she tortures people, it means that she leads Dungeons & Dragons games. In fact, she spends a great deal of her free time playing D&D and writing new scenarios to lead others through. Yes, people...
Tropes and Trends

Tropes and Trends

by | Apr 7, 2019 | Blog, Method, WIP, Writing

How closely should we follow trends? And where do you start when you’re plotting a new book? With my Ladies’ Wagering Whist Society Series, I started the entire series by working with character tropes. I picked popular Regency romance tropes and made them the ladies...
The Importance of Names

The Importance of Names

by | Mar 24, 2019 | Blog, WIP, Writing, Writing Craft

I’m currently plotting my next trilogy in my Ladies’ Wagering Whist Society series. The first thing I do is work on my characters, because it is from characters that the plot grows. As I’m doing this, I’m getting input and help from my daughter, who has some very...