This past two weeks, I have focused exclusively on my Original Works Project. This means spending extra time writing and editing my prologue as well as beginning to write my plan of publication. I also finished five of my character profiles, and only have a few left to go in order to bring that part of my project to a...
This week, I had an interview with an Associate Professor of English at SMU named Katie Condon. From her, I learned that I must have grace with myself while writing, meaning I try to block out my own self critic and avoid revising while I am drafting for the first time. I also learned that reading is a very important...
One of the most important things I learned during my interviews thus far is that development of characters is very important to writing. A lot of the time writer's block grows from not knowing one's characters well enough, and I often find myself struggling with that problem. Because of it, I have developed a solution that I believe will best...
This past week I started promoting my first novel online. I am now posting weekly updates on Wattpad in order to get my name and my book out, as well as to share it with potential publishers who frequent the site. I am very excited at the prospect of finally sharing some of my work with other people, because thus...
Last week I had my first interview with Greg Brownderville from SMU. He provided me with some great advice about writing, including notes about the process and the environment. I had always struggled with Writer's Block because I always found myself trying to perfect everything I was writing. He told me that all that matters is you have a first...
This week, I was honored to have reached out to three professors at SMU and to schedule upcoming interviews. I am really excited to have the opportunity to learn more about the trade that I want to go into, and I hope that getting some new advice will help to give me a new view on writing. Creative writing has...
This week I began planning what I wanted my original work to look like for the first semester of my studies. I decided that I wanted to include both creative writing and publication, the two fields that I am interested in, in my project. In the end, I decided on writing my prologue with full edits and revision, and then...
I have started on the second draft of my book upon reaching a proper ending last week. I find that drafting through the second time is actually more difficult than writing for the first time, as it involves learning what should be kept or what may need to be cut. Often times I find that I added a lot more...
Searching for a proper ending to my book has not been the easiest journey. I've been juggling countless ideas, and I was not particularly sure which one would provide the best closure to this book and the best transition to the sequel. I ended up using my research to plot out a few different endings and after pondering each...
This week I learned about how to write a prologue, and how one might help a book to hook the audience right from the beginning. I believe I was very successful in writing one for my book, as it offered a look at a character who acts as the villain. It offers a different point of view from that of...