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Types of Writers

Posted by Rachel on August 31, 2015 in characters, description, dialogue, emotion, musings, outline, planning, plot, romance, structure, voice, writing |

It’s back to school time and I was thinking about that cafeteria map from Mean Girls and how it sort of relates to writing. Not the whole labeled cliques thing because we’re all one big, wordy family, but just that there are different types of writers. Everyone’s got a different way of writing and sometimes […]

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Accountability for Writers

Posted by Rachel on March 23, 2015 in editing, inspiration, outline, planning, writing tips |

When working on a project, whether its research, a new shiny idea, a revision overhaul, or beta’ing for a friend, it can hard to juggle these demands along with all of life’s other priorities. I’m a very self-motivated and organized individual so keeping to a schedule comes fairly easily to me. However, that’s not the […]

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The Endings

Posted by Rachel on January 27, 2015 in editing, ending, outline, plot, writing |

I never start writing before I know what the ending of the story will be. At least that’s the plan. When an idea strikes me, I work on research, outlines, subplots, characters and the like before writing the first word. Even still, endings cause the biggest trouble for me. Without fail. The idea I initially […]

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NaNoWriMo: Lessons Learned

Posted by Rachel on November 30, 2014 in current event, nanowrimo, outline, planning, plot, writing |

Another November has come and gone! This time around, I was able to prepare a few ideas for the month and spent the first several days testing them out. Shortly into writing, I knew my Underground Railroad Alternate History (think Civil War and Rip Van Winkle retelling…kinda) would be the best bet. On the 28th […]

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