The other day, I came across this quote from Veronica Roth that I thought pretty perfectly described my current mood. So I thought I’d share. It said: “And consider getting desperate. Desperate to write, desperate to get that story on the page, desperate to let the characters speak, and desperate to finish.” Now this quote came from a… Read More Feeling desperate (to write)
This week, I came to the realization that something big had to be changed in my novel. Okay, maybe that’s wrong. I had known something was wrong with the beginning of my manuscript for quite some time, ever since my younger sister had read the first few chapters and pointed out something she didn’t like.… Read More An apology to my main character
I think I need to re-write this entire chapter. What if I removed that character from this scene? Oh, I like that scene a lot better now! Nope, nope, nope, that scene was better before. This is wrong…but I don’t know what needs to happen to make it better. I’ve definitely had a variation of all… Read More Being the Goldilocks of editing
In my first post, I mentioned that I once looked up how many words a novel should have. Then I said that the answers I read were very haunting. Well, today I’m going to tell you about this deep fear of word count. *deep breath* See, when I was first deciding to write a book,… Read More Count sheep, not words
I set myself a deadline once I decided to write a novel over the summer: I wanted to be finished by the end of summer. This meant that when school started back up for me at the end of August, I would be done writing my manuscript. I know what a lot of you are thinking, a summer… Read More Stopping the clock
