Big update here: I’m pleased to announce that I’ve finally finished the rough draft of my book. That’s right, Laz has reached the stage where if it were to be read, beginning to end, the reader might consider it to be a book. I feel like I didn’t emphasize the “rough” part of rough draft …
Today I’m going to address something that is currently helping me out immensely in continuing my rough draft of Laz: Writing scenes out of order. If you have experience in writing novels, you may be thinking well, duh, but writing out of order was something that I was dead set against when I first started …
It seems that I write this post every few months now, an excuse or explanation of why I haven’t been writing. This time, the difference is that there’s no apology attached, to myself or anyone else. I haven’t written in the past few months because I have truly been unable to. My life has seen …
This week’s DTT will revolve around time management, something that I’ve had a lot of ups and downs with over the years. It applies to writing just as much as anything else. Let’s dive right in: My struggles with time management are nothing new. It’s something I never had to learn how to do effectively …
Time for some weekend fun. As it turns out, not all of the internet is useless. In this post, I’ll briefly explain four of my favorite websites to use when I’m in a bind. Here goes: Thesaurus.com Let’s get the obvious one out of the way first, shall we? I find Thesaurus.com to be most …
A common topic among writers: Do you prefer to write in total silence, or with some kind of background noise? In my experience, most writers need some sort of background noise, be it music, or the gentle rhythm of their favorite coffee shop. I can say that I have tried writing with almost any kind …