Tag: WIP

It's been awhile since I've done a WIP Talk and that's probably because I haven't really been writing my WIP! Whoops! I've started to get back into it and I realized that my story's beginning is really stagnant. I'm not sure if it's because I'm used to the whole screenwriting ideology where the inciting has… Continue reading WIP Talk: Changing Story

So, while I'm attempting to put together my anthology, I've begun working on my WIP. I'm doing some research for this story and it involves... watercolors. Last week, I bought a watercolor set because my main character is an artist and one of the mediums she uses is watercolor. I wanted to see for myself… Continue reading WIP Talk: Side Project

I was going through other writers' blog posts on how to create a fictional town and a lot of the information was extremely vague so when it came time for me to start really working on the details of my new story's setting I was still lost. That old saying "write what you know" will… Continue reading WIP Talk: Creating a Fictional Town

I started planning out my new story! I've got a story down! I was desperately trying to throw together elements of a story that just wouldn't fit. So I saw another author use this method from Dan Harmon and decided that I would try it for myself. I think it did help me a lot… Continue reading WIP Talk: Planning

I love my husband, but he has the tendency to bring up that I write really dark stuff to everyone we know or people I just met (which is a bit hilarious to me to see their reactions). We were having a conversation about schizophrenia with a couple of my friends and my husband decided… Continue reading WIP Talk: Introduction to Main Characters

I thought I was pretty much finished with my novella. I got my notes back from one of my friends and after discussing it with them, I was able to recognize that I needed to add in some key information that I didn't know was missing. I also recently read this article written by C.S.… Continue reading WIP Talk: Small Details