Cheat: Get to know your characters faster

Feb 18, 2024 | Blog, Method, Writing

If you’re a pantser, you probably start out writing your story with a vague idea of some characters—the protagonist, a secondary character or two, and maybe the antagonist. You know, sort of what happens in the story, or maybe you don’t. Maybe you just know that there...

Turning Handwriting into Text, Part 1

Aug 13, 2023 | Blog, Life, Method, Writing

I have what seems to be a never-ending quest. I love to write by hand. I do my best thinking when I do so. I’m at my most creative. I create my characters, write the story of how they received their wound, describe their goals and motivations, go into detail...

Writing Through to the End

Mar 20, 2023 | Blog, Method, Writing

Everybody’s writing process is different, but there are some “rules” which authors are taught regarding process. One of them is that once you begin writing, you should continue doing so, writing straight through to the end. Don’t stop. Don’t correct anything. Write...

Getting back to work after a break

Feb 12, 2023 | Blog, Life, Method, Writing

All right, last week I wrote about dictation software that really didn’t work for me because I’m a kinesthetic person (I need the actual act of writing or typing to think and be creative). What I didn’t mention and didn’t talk about was how I was actually doing...

Writing Out of Order

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...