Know the Novel Part Three (My Nanowrimo Wrap-Up)

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 …

Allowing Yourself to Have Creative Freedom (something I’ve learned lately)

Creative freedom is needed. Sometimes we need to allow ourselves to break against consistency and deadlines to simply go with the flow. Write whatever. And have fun writing. Because sometimes in the midst of looming deadlines—whether official or self-imposed—we forget that writing is fun! As I've mentioned in a recent blog post, I've been all …

Doing Hard Things as a Writer

If you want to become good at anything then you have to grow. You have to learn. And to do these things... sometimes you have to do hard things. But, as the phrase suggests, it's hard. It takes a lot of strength and courage to do these things, whatever they might be. I've gone through …

Writing Update: Focusing on the Good Days Instead of the Bad

Hello, everyone! It's been a while since I've done a writing update. Partly because... there's been nothing to update. XD Slowly but surely I've been making progress through my edits. Same old, same old. Until last week. Okay, I'm still editing. But I had an amazing break through! I talked about it briefly in my …

Stories Are Powerful | Guest Post

Hey folks! If your just now joining the tour my name is Kaytlin Phillips and I am the founder of Writers’ Vision: A Christian Creative Community. When not over there you can find me on the blog I share with my sisters called Sisters Three or more often than not creating or getting lost in …

Why I Couldn’t Quit Writing

Sometimes I feel like I'll never be enough. Sometimes I wonder if my words will ever make a difference. Sometimes I feel like I'm walking the wrong way in the middle of a crowd. Sometimes I wonder, did I misunderstand God's purpose for my life? These are all thoughts that go through my head at …

My New Year Plans at a Glance

Happy new year everyone! I wish I could say that 2023 came in with a bang with life changing earthquakes and confetti to boot. But it didn't. In fact, it was pretty quiet in my house as two of my sisters and I finished the last set of Phase 10 and drank sparkling grape juice. …

Preparing for NaNo and Facing Your Doubts

NaNoWriMo is officially a little less than one week away. How do you feel? Nervous? Excited? Scared that you won't do your story justice? Or are you simply scared of failing? All of these fears and more are perfectly justified in what you're about to do. Attempting to write a novel in one month is …

Saying No to Doubt and Writing Anyways

Am I the only one? I sit down to write, the story's going great, I'm loving it, and life seems as though it couldn't be going better. Then it happens. I pick up my pencil... and freeze. Self-doubt plagues me. Fear of failure overwhelms me. And all I can do is sit there and stare. …

When Your Dreams Feel Unreachable… Reach Anyways

Have you ever felt as if your dream are unreachable? Do you feel as though no matter how high you reach or how hard you work it will never be good enough? Because your dream is unreachable. You are not alone. Everyone feels that over something they longed for. But, when they felt that way, …