Writing Process
How To Master Research For An Immersive Novel
Research is key to crafting an authentic, accurate, and immersive story that engages your readers. But, researching can be overwhelming! How can you discover what you need to know without getting lost in the vast realm of information available? Today, I want to share...
Write for Yourself First Before Considering Your Readers
Plot structure, genre features and tropes are all storytelling techniques that we expect to reread time and time again. Often, it’s quite enjoyable. We all have our favourite genres and character arcs, but as writers, we walk a fine line between incorporating these...
How To Revise Your Novel: A 5 Step Process
Do you have the urge to procrastinate when you sit down to revise your novel? Do you feel unsure of your talents when you look back at that hot mess of a manuscript? I swear, revising a novel can be like folding laundry- calming in its own way and oh-so-satisfying...
Plot Your Outline: Questions to Develop a Strong Story
Enter you, a writer, with all your brilliant ideas and the many oh-so-exciting moments you think would make your story epic. You've got it all in your head. There's no need to plot out your story, right? How many times have you been excited to get writing as soon as...
3 Ways to Craft a Creative Writing Comeback
Writing is hard! Getting back into creative writing after a long hiatus is grueling! I went over a year without working on any of my projects and it took me a long time to realize that I needed my passion back in my life. That thunderclap didn’t make it...
Unveiling My Blog Vision For Creative Writers
I’ve been prepping to launch this blog for a few months now, crafting my thoughts on creative writing and the writer’s lifestyle into legible prose. I've reflected on my vision for this blog. I love what this platform could do for our community and today, I want to...
4 Words and Phrases To Avoid In Your Writing
We’ve all done it at some point. We’ve tried to emulate our favourite authors and come away with a piece that sounded pretentious. I’ve had friends who’ve told me cut out words and phrases that I'd thought were pivotal to my manuscript and I’m so grateful that they...
