Last weekend I attended the North Texas SCBWI Conference and here’s what I learned. Conferences are important to attend. You not only get to meet and chat with other writers who are at different stages in their writing journey, but there are craft and industry workshops that are super helpful. You can sign up … More North Texas SCBWI
A couple of days ago I decided to write one chapter a day. Let me be clear that in the almost two years that I have been working on my manuscript I have never written one whole chapter in an entire day. Really! I’ve taken some time in between writing sometimes mid-chapter to think things … More One chapter a day
Follow my blog with Bloglovin You might remember that a couple months ago–more like a little over a year ago I was writing chapter 10. I was also having a difficult time writing chapter 10 because my inciting incident happened in that chapter. You can check out that post here. Now, I know it’s a … More Crossing the threshold into Act II
Just a little update you guys about how or rather where I am in my manuscript. I finished my first draft–in its roughest glory just before the holidays so around mid-October last year. I took a few weeks off for clarity even though I was itching to get back in. This break was super, super … More Tackling the manuscript
You guys WriteOnCon happened a few weeks ago and I am still catching up on all its goodness. For those of you who don’t know WriteOnCon is an online writing conference held online for writers. The moment I found out about it I quickly signed up. It is a three-day conference for writers and illustrators … More WriteOnCon 2018
Let’s get this out of the way: building your writing routine is hard. Seriously, I think it’s almost like a rite of passage figuring out our own routine. You may have this awesome story idea that you wish wrote itself because you can’t seem to find the time to sit down and write it. There … More Building Your Writing Routine
We’ve all been there, seriously. Writing folk and nonwriting folk included. We’ve all at some point had to rewrite something. Just think about all those texts that you had to backspace on because your first draft was well–rough or didn’t communicate what you wanted to say. Now imagine 400 pages of that. Yup. As I … More On Rewriting
Wow you guys week 1 was slow but has picked up since my last post. Here are a few things that I learned during my first week doing #campnanowrimo . You are the vessel from which words will come. Don’t rush to write something just because you want to check it off your to-do list. … More #CampNaNoWriMo Week 2
You’ll often hear that one must write every day to perfect the craft, write and work on incoming ideas, catch and idea in its momentum. I’m here to tell you that I was pretty doubtful at first; however, I went on ahead and gave it a try, like why not, right? So, every day since … More Write every day they said
I am so glad and excited to say that I am halfway through my manuscript! It’s taken me a little longer nowadays since I started working. Don’t have an entire day to dedicate to writing anymore which has made me a little sad, but c’est la vie. I write every moment I can find during the … More Halfway, 1/2, .5, medium, the middle…Act II…
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