The first chapter of your story will either hook readers or cause them to close the book before they've gotten any farther into your plot. Your...
6 Tips for Writing a Powerful First Chapter
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Writing Process
3 Ways to Choose Your Next Creative Writing Project
Finishing a story feels amazing! Choosing the next story to write can be scary. Even when you have a notebook full of ideas, it's often difficult to...
How to Strengthen Your Story’s Plot Through Developing Strong Relationships
Readers come for your story but stay for your characters. In other words, your story isn't just about what happens, but about who it happens to and...
4 Author Websites to Inspire Your Storytelling Journey
We writers can learn valuable tips and storytelling techniques from one another. But there’s a lot of content out there, and just googling questions...
Writing Authentic Relationships: 5 Common Mistakes
Great stories are about people, and people often come with a lot of connections. After all, who we are is influenced by those closest to us. Thus, a...
How to Write Mentor-Mentee Relationships in Fiction
Mentor-mentee relationships in fiction can be a crucial dynamic, providing protagonists with the key tools they need to succeed on their journey....
Embrace Your Messy First Draft: Growth Mindset for Writers
A perfect, polished first draft is a myth. Every novel starts as a rough, imperfect mess, in need of revisions. Objectively, this makes sense. The...
Falling Out of Love: How to Write Realistic Breakups
I love stories that end with happily ever afters, but sometimes, what is true for your characters and what serves your story best is the breaking...
Build Amazing Worlds with these 5 Digital Resources
Here’s a quick and easy round-up of 5 digital world-building resources that’ll make creating your narrative worlds fun while staying organized....
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I'm Julia
I’m here to connect with storytellers, creatives, and dream-chasers. This blog focuses on creative writing, goal-setting, productivity, and mindfulness- all things craved by creative minds who want to bring their dreams into the present.
