Recently I was having a conversation with a friend about outlining. We were discussing how jealous we are of the authors who have their tried and true, step by step plan for how they outline their novels. After trying out many different outlining styles, we still don't have a "favorite style". But then something occurred … Continue reading Writing Methods I Return to Without Fail (How I brainstorm new story ideas)
What do you do when you've fallen into a rut? How do you climb your way out? How do you build back consistency you once had with your writing? How do you find new motivation to write? These were all questions going through my head at the start of last month. You see, once upon … Continue reading Building Consistency and Writing Even When it’s Hard (March writing update)
Hello one and all! I’m here today to break up the flow of monotony that is stale writing advice. Are you tired of hearing the same advice over and over again? Yeah, well, so am I sometimes. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes that “stale” writing advice is still good! I’m not trying to bash it. … Continue reading 3 Tips to Break Writer’s Block (Unusual ways to help you start the writing flow)
It's been quite some time since I've done a book review and I know that a lot of you enjoy those so I thought I would do a fun dump of all the books I've read this month! It might be a little chaotic but I'll try to keep it as orderly as possible. XD … Continue reading Reading Dump (What I’ve read this month and what I’m going to be reading)
Hello one and all! I seriously considering titling this blog post "In Which Allyson Remembers She Has a Blog" or, better yet, "In Which WordPress Finally Allows Allyson to Blog". -_- Either would have done nicely. But seriously... has anyone else been struggling with WordPress?? But anyways, happy new year everyone! Tell me, how did … Continue reading New Year Book Tag (All the bookish things…)
Hello everyone! It's been a while since I've made an appearance around here. It seems to be becoming a habit for me to make spontaneous absences... I promise that is not my intent. But, you know, sometimes life happens, am I right? In my case it meant being sick for most of the month and … Continue reading Know the Novel Part Three (My Nanowrimo Wrap-Up)
Hey everyone! How's Nanowrimo going? Can you believe there's only a couple days left of this month? Where has it gone? I don't know about you, but I've been struggling this last week of Nano to stay motivated. It's been hard to get into my character's head and get my dialogue right. I wanted to … Continue reading 5 Ways to Connect With Your Character | Blog Repost
The age old question for writers: when am I ready to publish? Many posts have been done on this topic and, let me tell you, I'm a sucker for them all. Tell me I'm not the only one who thinks that if I simply perform some magic step that I'll achieve the perfect novel and … Continue reading Why Haven’t I Published A Novel Yet? (Not Rushing to Publication)
Hello everyone! It's officially halfway through the month. Which means... we're halfway through Nanowrimo! *cue all the screams and panic attacks* Please tell me I'm not the only who's a little behind. XD I mean, on one hand I feel very accomplished with what I've done so far, but on the other hand, I had … Continue reading Midway Nanowrimo Check in (Part Two For Know the Novel)
A week into Nanowrimo... Phew. Is anyone else feeling the eye burn and exhaustion? Just me? Yeah, well, day light savings didn't do me any favors. XD But I'm also super pumped with excitement! This first week has had its ups and downs but, in the end, it's gone really well for me. Which is … Continue reading Day in the Life of a Young Writer (Nanowrimo Edition)
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