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Hello everyone! Today I have a special interview with my good friend Allie Lynn! She gave me the pleasure of getting to interview her and share that interview with all of you. Enjoy! Tell us a little bit about yourself and your writing journey! I’ve been a reader and storyteller all my life (big surprise... Continue Reading →
Character Arcs. The thing that is perhaps almost as important as the plot of your story. If executed well, it can cause your story to stand out among others and can help your characters in amazing ways. A character without an arc is like a plot without structure. It doesn’t work very well and readers... Continue Reading →
If there’s one thing I love writing, it’s internal dialogue. Banter and action is fun, but internal dialogue will always be my favorite. I love writing my characters’ opinions and finding out what they think after a plot twist. But how exactly do you write internal dialogue? Figure out your character’s voice. The most important... Continue Reading →
I’ve been rewriting the first draft of my project, When Wings Break, for the past few weeks. It’s been a rather interesting process, and it’s helped my writing a lot, but there have been a few cons to it as well. So, today, I’m going to give you the pros and cons of rewriting your... Continue Reading →
Almost every story has one. Authors cackle as they write them. Readers faint from shock. Characters take three chapters just to understand what just happened because of them. I’m talking about plot twists. Plot twists are often the most important thing in the story. They directly move the characters and plot and keep the readers... Continue Reading →
Descriptions. One of the hardest things to work into your writing without making it seem out of place or too long. I have a love/hate relationship with descriptions. Well, let me correct myself. I used to have a love/hate relationship with descriptions. What do I mean by that? Allow me to explain. Descriptions used to... Continue Reading →
We’ve all read those books and watched those movies that bring those quotes we can’t help but throw in a conversation. Or the conversations we can’t help but cry or leap for joy over. Writing impactful dialogue is (at times) hard. For some it comes easy to write those quotes. For others it can feel... Continue Reading →
Is writing a lot of (sometimes junky) words better than taking it slow and making it good? I’ve made a lot of posts in the past about writing consistently and writing tons of words, but is writing lots of words better than taking it slow and writing for quality? That’s what I want to answer... Continue Reading →
Hey, everyone! Long time no see, eh? Well, I finally got through my scheduled posts and I am back this week, though for the next two weeks I will not be posting, since I will be taking a break for Christmas!!! But before we get into that, time for this week’s blog post in which... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone! I hope you all are doing well! Today I get to give you another post on writing tips. I am giving you five of my tips for writing realistic characters who seem real to the reader. I did write another post on making characters, but this post takes you through the next... Continue Reading →
Aliya Gerow 