This post is now a podcast episode! You can learn more about the podcast in this post. I’m sure you’ve heard the words “arc” and “trope” and “motif” thrown around, but… what do they mean? What’s the difference? Is there a difference? Yes there is, which is why I decided to make a post aboutContinue reading “Arcs vs. Tropes vs. Motifs”
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Storytelling for Authors: Character Design
This post is now a podcast episode! I’ll embed a link as soon as it’s live, but in the meantime you can learn more about the podcast in this post and see what’s already available on the Podcast page in the navigation menu. You can have the most dynamic and interesting plot ever, but ifContinue reading “Storytelling for Authors: Character Design”
Making A NaNoWriMo Schedule
Here’s another post for my fellow bullet journalers! I love any excuse to make a new, fancy, aesthetic spread in my bujo, and NaNoWriMo 2021 is the perfect opportunity to do so. The spread I made has two parts to it, a word count tracker and a writing plan: The word count tracker is prettyContinue reading “Making A NaNoWriMo Schedule”
Explaining Word Counts
With NaNoWriMo coming up, you’re probably seeing word counts being thrown around. The creators of the challenge set up 50,000 words as the goal for the month of November, but what does that actually look like? Here are some books you may know, and their associated word counts. The Picture of Dorian Gray by OscarContinue reading “Explaining Word Counts”
Storytelling for Authors: Refining An Outline
I talked about making an outline last week in this post, but… now what? I have never, not even once, created a perfect outline on the first try. Which means that there is always a step where you refine an existing creative outline. Let’s look at the outline I made last week: 1. Character AContinue reading “Storytelling for Authors: Refining An Outline”
Storytelling for Authors: Making An Outline
I’ve given advice about when to make an outline, but today I’m going to dive in on how you can make an outline. There are plenty of ways to go about it, so you’ll have to find the way that works best for you. You can take or leave any part of this process, butContinue reading “Storytelling for Authors: Making An Outline”
Preptober: The Snowflake Method
There are a bunch of different ways to approach outlining a story, but one of my favorites is the snowflake, also called fractal, method. Put simply, it’s a process of expanding an outline from a small idea and fleshing it out into a big one. Here’s how it works: Start Small If you had toContinue reading “Preptober: The Snowflake Method”
Preptober Is Upon Us!
Hi everyone! For those of you who may not know, November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in which a lot of people accept the challenge of writing a novel in a single month. Here in 2021 I’m going to be participating in NaNoWriMo for the first time in… a long time. Which brings usContinue reading “Preptober Is Upon Us!”
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