Welcome back everyone to the Writing My World blog! Today we are going to be discussing the three main types of story writing: planning, pantsing, and plantsing. First, lets define all of these styles and do a little discussion about what they might look like, as well as giving some examples of famous authors whoContinue reading “Planning vs. Pantsing, an Eternal Battle of Titans”
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Returning to My Completed Novel: My Process and How I’m Tackling a Beast
Welcome back, my dear readers, to the Writing My World blog! As you likely know, I have been very busy working on an exceptionally long blog post analyzing The Last of Us Part 2. Because I am a masochist, and crave large helpings of creative dopamine to my brain on a daily basis, I haveContinue reading “Returning to My Completed Novel: My Process and How I’m Tackling a Beast”
A Review of My 2024: Getting Out of My Comfort Zone, Experimenting, and Why I Feel like This Is the Most Progress I Have Ever Made Writing
2025 is upon us, and it crept up on me quicker than I thought possible. Here we are, already in February and I’m only just now working on this review. But because this is my first year-end review of my writing, I make the rules, and I say February is more than acceptable for thisContinue reading “A Review of My 2024: Getting Out of My Comfort Zone, Experimenting, and Why I Feel like This Is the Most Progress I Have Ever Made Writing”
Lets Analyze The Hunger Games Chapter 16-20
Good afternoon my lovely readers, and welcome back to a series that I haven’t continued in a long time. The Hunger Games is one of my favorite YA series for many reasons, one of those being that I never tire of rereading them. I found this series deep in my drafts and realized I neededContinue reading “Lets Analyze The Hunger Games Chapter 16-20”
How I Keep Myself Writing and Setting Myself up for Success
School was the worst part of my childhood, but I would be remiss if I didn’t admit it was the perfect setup for me to hone my writing. Being forced to sit in a well-lit room filled with notebooks and writing utensils for 8 hours a day meant that for about 5 years of myContinue reading “How I Keep Myself Writing and Setting Myself up for Success”
The Soul Sucking Conveyor Belt of Industry Run Creativity, and My Thoughts
Struggling a bit at the moment. I’m sorry. I’m sorry there haven’t been videos for a bit. My mental health is really bad. I’m so sorry. I’ve been struggling with burnout. I just can’t bring myself to post. Depression. Anxiety. I’m retiring. I’m tired. I quit… Any of us who have been around the InternetContinue reading “The Soul Sucking Conveyor Belt of Industry Run Creativity, and My Thoughts”
Writing Exercises Are GREAT, and You Need to Do One Right Now!
The land took a great breath, teetering on a knife’s edge. The wind, like a great wave in a mighty sea swelled to a roar as it ripped through the treetops. They bowed to the wind as if it were king. Great fat raindrops were swept in by it. Lightning shattered the darkness, casting aContinue reading “Writing Exercises Are GREAT, and You Need to Do One Right Now!”
How Do I Start a New Book? Lets Do It Together!
It’s still wild to me that I’ve been writing for almost 15 years. When I was little, I always used to envy people who started working at a skill at an incredibly young age and became a prodigy in their own right. Working tirelessly at playing an instrument, becoming a figure skater, learning to shootContinue reading “How Do I Start a New Book? Lets Do It Together!”
When People Ask Me to Describe My Book and Protagonist in One Sentence, and the Curse of Self Promotion
You made it to the party. You’ve left your crypt for the first time in a month. You emerge pale and frizzy-haired, socially obligated to perform your routine human interaction at least once before you return to the safety of the dark hole you crave to continue writing. They don’t know. They don’t care. HowContinue reading “When People Ask Me to Describe My Book and Protagonist in One Sentence, and the Curse of Self Promotion”
The Self Inflicted Torture of Creating a Magic System – a Thorough, Deranged, Meandering Waffle
Writer’s Log: day 3,667, 4,899, 5,999 I’m not sure of attempting to produce a viable magic system. Stats for 3/9/2023 And there it is. Out of my reach. The heart of every fantasy world. The topic of thousands of 5 hour video essays all over this vast stretch of digital space we call the Internet.Continue reading “The Self Inflicted Torture of Creating a Magic System – a Thorough, Deranged, Meandering Waffle”
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