Are you grateful for your life? I am. Are you grateful for just being alive? I am. How does writing help me find that gratitude? I’ll tell you a secret: it’s whole the reason I do it. Gratitude. Because we only get this one mortal coil. And we writers know… Read more“How to Find Gratitude Through Writing”
Author: Victoria
How to Find Joy & Fulfillment Through Writing
Joy! Fulfillment! Hurrah! I know as well as you do how exhausted you are by this time of year. I’m exhausted too. All that writing, all that thinking about our characters and our stories and our language and our readers. All that working, all that struggling. All that living. Why… Read more“How to Find Joy & Fulfillment Through Writing”
23 Questions to Ask Yourself at the End of NaNoWriMo
We did it! We survived! And now we have a few questions to ask ourselves. . .one, two, three, four, five. . .in fact. . . 23 Questions for the End of NaNoWriMo. [I KNOW: I finally turned off comments because of the spam. Thank you for all your comments… Read more“23 Questions to Ask Yourself at the End of NaNoWriMo”
Being interviewed about Storytelling by Joanna Penn
So, a year ago Joanna Penn of The Creative Penn and I got together on videocam and met each other face to face for the first time ever. This was huge for a lot of reasons, not the least of which being that Joanna and I had ‘known’ each other… Read more“Being interviewed about Storytelling by Joanna Penn”
3 Crucial Aspects of Writing Scenes for NaNoWriMo
We’re talking about tackling first drafts this month, for the sake of all you NaNoWriMoers scampering around out there. We’ve looked at Running into the Jaws of NaNoWriMo (doing what into the what?), 3 Essential Guidelines for starting a novel in general (doing it how?), and 3 Vital Steps to… Read more“3 Crucial Aspects of Writing Scenes for NaNoWriMo”
Writer’s Digest 101 Best Website for Writers:
Open Nominations
You know, I’ve always wondered where Writer’s Digest gets their nominations for the 101 Best Websites for Writers. However, I never actually did any research—you guys know how I am about research, always both preaching and shrieking about it in fairly equal measure. So today my alter-ego blog, Writer Unboxed,… Read more“Writer’s Digest 101 Best Website for Writers: <br>Open Nominations”
3 Vital Steps to Creating Your Protagonist for NaNoWriMo
We’re talking about how to approach the first draft of your novel this month, in honor of NaNoWriMo, Last week we talked about the 3 Essential Guidelines for your overall novel, and the week before that we talked about Running into the Jaws of NaNoWriMo. And today we’re going to… Read more“3 Vital Steps to Creating Your Protagonist for NaNoWriMo”
3 Motivations to Write: Joy, Gratitude, & Hope
& the Greatest of These is Hope
Hope is the thing with wings. —Emily Dickinson So I assume you’ve all heard by now. AMERICA WON. I can’t tell you how full my heart is: for every single American who got out there and voted, the record turn-out numbers, in spite of Hurricane Sandy, hours-long waits at the… Read more“3 Motivations to Write: Joy, Gratitude, & Hope <br>& the Greatest of These is Hope”
537 Things You Need to Know TODAY
Only 537 votes decided the 2004 US Presidential election. Five hundred and thirty-seven. Those votes changed the course of history. Over the four years that followed 2004 we, the people, lost control of our economy, our foreign relations, our very jobs that put roofs over our children’s heads, clothes on… Read more“537 Things You Need to Know TODAY”
3 Essential Guidelines for NaNoWriMo
Every year I write a series of NaNoWriMo posts like the bizarre and inexplicable 5 Ways to Make Your Novel Unforgettable, 5 Ways to Make Your Novel Helplessly Addictive, and 5 Ways to Make Your Novel Inescapable. Last week we looked at Running into the Jaws of NaNoWriMo. And for… Read more“3 Essential Guidelines for NaNoWriMo”