Writing Advice – Writing My World

Planning vs. Pantsing, an Eternal Battle of Titans

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”

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”

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!”

Sometimes You Just Have to Rewrite (And What Can Happen If You Don’t)

Many a successful author has begun a book series with the intent of that first book being a standalone novel only to find there is more to tell. I recently stumbled across this very revelation in my own book, and it was quite an overwhelming but exciting feeling. Whether it’s the success of the firstContinue reading “Sometimes You Just Have to Rewrite (And What Can Happen If You Don’t)”

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”