How I Outline
Recently, a friend and colleague asked me to share more in-depth details about my outlining process, so here goes. I’m what they call a plotser, meaning I do a mix of plotting and pantsing when I write. Plotting suggests that I outline what’s going to happen (plot, character arcs, etc.) and pantsing suggests that I write “by the seat of my pants” without any outlines. Read More…
Dear Newbie Writers
Dear Newbie Writers,
Oh, the things I could write about here, but today I’m going to focus on something I wish I’d known when I first began my career–contracts. Read More…
Top 5 Songs to Write to, But Never to Drink to
I liked the last post I did like this so much, I decided to do it again! This time, instead of driving being the issue, I wanted to focus on drinking…well, specifically drinking alone. These depressingly & achingly beautiful songs Read More…
Top 5 Songs to Write to, but Never to Drive to
Ever had a song come on the radio that was so good, you found yourself doing 70mph in a 55? Where you realized you weren’t a NASCAR driver as the police officer pulled you over? Yep. Me too. Oddly enough, Read More…
Scrivener Saturday: Full-Screen Mode
This week’s Scrivener Saturday: Unique Ways to Use Full-Screen Mode. By default, full-screen mode in Scrivener is rather clutter free with basic settings at the bottom: text scale–how large you want the text to be paper position–left, right, or center Read More…
To Thee or Not to Thee
I’ve got a guest post today on linguistics in fantasy over on sci-fi author Cat Rambo‘s site. You can give it a read here: To Thee or Not to Thee
Scrivener Saturday: Five Ways to Use Split Screen
This week’s Scrivener Saturday – Five Ways to Use Split Screen Beyond the Corkboard & Outline Views. Seems like a no-brainer, right? I’ve run into quite a few authors who didn’t know that the split screen in Scrivener wasn’t limited Read More…
Scene & Sequel
The amazing folks over at Writers helping Writers have me over there for a guest post on using Scene and Sequel to write better fiction, control pacing, and ensure that every scene matters. Please check it out and leave a Read More…
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