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”
Chaotic UnAuthor Confessions…
Welcome back everyone, to the Writing My World blog! I was watching a movie the other day when I got an idea for a post in the same vein as “UnGoth Confessions” which if you don’t know, is where goths make a video and admit to things that aren’t very goth, like secretly loving countryContinue reading “Chaotic UnAuthor Confessions…”
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!”
The Marketing Gameplan for Someone Who Has Never Market…ed…
When I was a little girl, I was afraid of most things. But one of the things that frightened me the most was the thought of putting myself out there. This was in regards to anything. I couldn’t think about getting up and sharpening my pencil in class without setting my heart hammering in myContinue reading “The Marketing Gameplan for Someone Who Has Never Market…ed…”
Catching Up, Writing Progress, and General Updates
Well, it’s been a busy few months for me, and I’m finally getting back into blogging. Nothing of particular horror happened, and I haven’t stopped writing. Remember how I said you should dabble in multiple forms of writing while you chase your novel-writing inspiration? Well, that inspiration indeed came. I found that ruthless, unrelenting motivationContinue reading “Catching Up, Writing Progress, and General Updates”
My Creative Process Waffle #1
As I sit, what’s happened over the last few days still feels a bit too surreal. After all these years of writing, I have finally finished a first draft. For some it may seem like an easy feat; for others it may seem impossible. For me it just doesn’t feel real. Once I finished IContinue reading “My Creative Process Waffle #1”
My Break Free from Self Insert Characters and Fanfiction
We were all self-absorbed teenagers once, and it is likely if you’ve written fanfiction, at least one of them featured you at the center. After all, didn’t we all sit around wishing we could join our favorite characters in their world? I think for some of us, a lot of the reason we got hookedContinue reading “My Break Free from Self Insert Characters and Fanfiction”
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