I was watching the music video to BTS’s song Dynamite the other day because it cheers me up, and I realized that the editing in this brilliant, super fun video is a great lesson for writing scenes. First, watch the video: Did you notice how…
Category: friday
[I’m starting a new semi-regular thing on this blog called “Friday Fun and Games” in which I’ll wax on about something fun, and usually game-related (or, at least, play-related!) There may or may not be any craft discussions. Usually there are, since I’m often thinking…
Happy New Year, and happy Friday, friends. I hope you are staying healthy and safe and finding what happiness you can. If you are in the United States, as I am, I hope you are able to find calm after the turbulence of the last…
It’s Friday again, and you know what that means — it’s a recharge day! This week, I’m going to think about other books, stories, movies, and games that inspire me. It’s important to have rewards and distractions during Nanowrimo, for when you need a break…
Congratulations, writer! With 15 minutes of prep a day, we have done an hour and forty-five minutes of brainstorming and preparation already for your novel. Today is Friday, and it’s time to rest and recharge. This is a concept I learned from Julia Cameron’s book,…
I felt oddly out of sorts this week… not really sure why. Out of sorts and tense. We’re nearing the end of the school year and that always adds a little stress, both because of administrative duties but also because students have projects due and…
What’s your week been like? I’d set up a goal for myself to write a new short story per week. How did I do? Not bad! Although, to be fair, the goal should have been expressed as “finish one short story per week” as I…
We’ve had a really interesting week for weather here in Southern California. The joke, of course, is that LA is invariably 72 and sunny. But not this year! This year, we get a sunny day followed by a rainy one. Yesterday morning I went for…
This week was Spring Break for me so naturally I got sloshed on wine coolers. No wait! I wrote and brainstormed A LOT. (And then got sloshed.) There’s something both so wonderful and also so upsetting about the blank page. Because I turned in my…
Well this week was A WEEK. Luckily, it’s spring break now for my Day Job! A whole week off! I have lots of plans: I’m going to work through some edits on a novel I submitted for beta reading last summer (ugh, so long ago!);…