I wrote a children's story about my daughter. It came out of me one day like a flood, as my stories usually do. I was watching my daughter, realizing how much she had grown, and I panicked. She's growing up too fast. All of those memories - what if they disappear? Followed by, remember when… Continue reading That Time I Wrote About My Daughter
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Writing Approaches: Chronologically or Skipping Around
Photo by Startup Stock Photos on Pexels.com Just some mostly useless musings about my writing process. I write out a general outline and complete my worldbuilding before I put the story on paper. I know the major plot points before I begin, and I generally know how it is going to end. Sometimes I even… Continue reading Writing Approaches: Chronologically or Skipping Around
Building A Fantasy World
Photo by Andrew Neel on Pexels.com In my opinion, the biggest difference between a mediocre fantasy novel and a great fantasy novel, is the world-building. Building your world before you write your novel not only will improve your story, but will save you tons of time and energy in the long run, and help prevent… Continue reading Building A Fantasy World
My Experience with Nanowrimo
If you don’t know what Nanowrimo is, you can check it out here. It stands for National Novel Writing Month, a non-profit that helps writers succeed, and according to the website, has nearly 800,000 active members. Every November there is a 50,000-word challenge, and the organization has resources to help you along the way. I… Continue reading My Experience with Nanowrimo
Here We Go
I didn't really want to start a blog. In fact, the idea straight up annoyed me. It's not the writing part. I love to write. I mean, I named my blog "VT Story Writer" after all. What I don't like is the idea of presuming others will want to read what I have to write.… Continue reading Here We Go
Liz Highland 