Can we write a story combining dinosaurs like from The Land Before time with the worlbduilding of Game of Thrones?
Let’s find out!
Can we write a story combining dinosaurs like from The Land Before time with the worlbduilding of Game of Thrones?
Let’s find out!
“Black Metal,” about a soldier’s arm replaced with a black metal gun.
“Glitch Hop,” about a hopscotch game gone wrong.
Let’s take weird music genres and turn them into stories!
How you write a character speaking a foreign language depends on how deep you want to go.
Let’s look at real examples of the FIVE levels of writing foreign languages, then write our own story together!
Even if you’ve never played Magic: The Gathering or don’t care about card games at all, using the concepts/philosophies of its colors can be very helpful for writing.
Let’s discuss and then write our own story using it!
How do you write a short, sweet (and spicy!) romance story?
Let’s find out and then write one together!
Finding out your “writing level” can be super helpful.
You might be spinning your wheels in the mud getting nowhere, and finding out that there’s other things you could be doing to improve can be beneficial.
So what level writer are you? Let’s find out!
If you can write one sentence, then you can write a story.
My book Metl: The ANGEL Weapon came out today! Hooray!
To celebrate, we did a live Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything)… with a creative twist.
Instead of just answering questions in the normal, boring way, we answered them as if they were writing prompts.
When writing dialogue, “said” can get old really fast if it’s used too much.
Often, writers are tempted to replace the word “said” with different words (such as “laughed,” “smiled,” or “erupted”), but that usually ends up even worse.
Thankfully there’s something else super easy you can to do replace “said” that will not only vary things up, but improve your writing overall too.
To answer your first question: no, pantsing in writing does not mean pulling down the pants of a story an exposing all their private metaphors and symbolism.
Pantsing means writing by the seat of your pants, not knowing what will come next. Its opposite is outlining, which is when you know exactly what will happen next in your story because you created an outline beforehand.
Is one strategy better than the other? Let’s find out!