The #100DaysofWriting prompt today is about superstitions and prophesies in your writing, and yeah, okay, but no. There's a two-fold answer to that, so here it goes. As a mostly fanfiction writer, superstitions, prophesies and general belief systems are mostly 'baked in' to the world I'm already using. So, when I do include them, I'm n...

A picture might paint a thousand words, but I feel like a gesture is just as eloquent. Here's a list of my top five gestures or habits that I've included in writing... the list implies an order, but I like all of them equally. Five: Curling hair “[Redacted] seems to be thinking the same thing, because she shuffles her feet awkwardly an...

Today, for the #100DaysofWriting, I want to begin to talk about a thing which has been more influential in my writing than literally anything else. More than other peoples writing; more than a comment or a blinding moment of clarity; it spurs me on more readily and gives me some of the best ideas that I've had. That thing is music. Mus...

Oh boy, the question today is a big call-out... I'm going to be as honest as I can about this one, but it also makes me feel all uncomfortable, so... yeah. Ha, anyway, the question is: “Look at your characters, maybe even the one you created yesterday, and be honest. Do you have a type?” Hell yeah, I have a type. Unfortunately, the typ...

Today's post for the #100DaysOfWriting project is about discovery writing. I've always found that almost all my writing contains an element of discovery, especially when it comes to characters, so this idea is right up my street. The concept is this - the person behind a project gave a prompt today, and the idea is that you see what ch...

Mmm, I fell off this particular wagon pretty hard. But the good news (best news) is that the essay is now in for marking. I have literally no idea what any of it even means any more (Writer World Problem number 658: TFW you've read the thing so many times it doesn't even seem like language to you), but hey, I can't do anything about th...

For the 100 Days of Writing challenge, there are daily questions being posted, and the question I'm going to answer now relates to "your current WIP" (work in progress). "What motivates you to write this specific story? What makes this story special for you?" Etcetera. So, let's look at the stuff that I'm writing (or... attempting to w...

This is sort of dorky, but it's a list of my favourite dialogue lines that I've written. I know that it's a little like those 'out of context' social media posts, but eh... it's my blog-thing, so that's what you get. Time for a top five! Five: The Parting Scene. This is from a giant rock band AU (alternative universe) that I’ve been wr...

What got you started? What keeps you writing? This was the question for day one of this challenge. It's not really an easy question.... well, the answer isn't easy, anyway. I started writing for two reasons. The first is that I needed a creative outlet. I have always been very imaginative, but my imagination, if not kept in check, tend...

I think I gave someone some very unhelpful advice today, vis a vis plot bunnies. It’s the only advice I’ve ever found to actually get rid of the wee blighters though - so, while it may not have been helpful, at least it was true. If you’ve not heard the term before, a plot bunny is a little bit of story that scampers around your mental...

I love a good manifesto. But of course, a manifesto is only so good as the action that gets taken afterward. That's part of the reason that I'm interested in this - the 100 Days of Writing project, as found on the tumblr The WIP Project. Was this intended as a manifesto? Maybe not, but it works, and it's also talking about something th...