Tag: Writing Community
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Let’s Write – Tenses
Back in the olden days, storytelling was often limited to a shallow or omnipotent third point of view set in the past tense. Nowadays, authors utilise deeper points of view to submerge readers, and we’ve seen an uptick in stories written in the present tense. And I’m totally here for it. But as storytelling changes,…
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March Writing Update
I wanted to start this post with something witty, but then I remembered my actual writing-related news and needed a moment to celebrate. It’s been a journey, friends. Setback after setback made me hate A Curse of Venom & Scales for a moment there, but I’m ECSTATIC to announce we’re back on track. What’s fourteen…
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Tips for Changing Genres
I grew up reading Tolkien, Lewis, and Eddings, and if you read my work, you can see how those OG wizards influenced my writing. I tend to tell a slower story—the intrigue unfolds in increments. And that’s okay because I write epic fantasy, and we expect a fair amount of world-building and setting up from…
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ADHD & Writing
I’ve been working on this post for literal years. And if that doesn’t illustrate exactly what it’s like to be a writer with ADHD, I don’t know what will. Still, since my diagnosis, several regular readers of my blog have reached out to me to write about this topic, so I put it on my…
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How to Beat Writer’s Block – ADHD Edition
I’ve said this a million times and will likely never shut up about it, but we all just want to fit in, right? We want to know our struggles aren’t unique, and that someone out there gets what we’re going through. So, during the worst writer’s block of my life, I did what any run-down…
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Let’s Write Disgust
This addition to the Writing Emotions series is courtesy of Lindsay in Australia (hiya, Lindsay!) who reminded me these posts matter. I chose the topic of disgust because it’s a form of self-disgust (hello, impostor syndrome) that has been keeping me from writing posts like these. If this is your first visit to this series,…
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Let’s Write – Tropes
Ah, tropes. The building blocks of all the stories ever crafted. What’s a trope? Well, those themes and elements we find most often in novels, movies, games, or series. For example, a princess with a mean stepmother. A cop joins the force because their law-enforcing parent was killed in the line of duty (and they…
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Three Easy Steps to Deep Point of View
Want to level up your writing? Want to connect with your readers? Want to submerge in your character’s mind? The good news is that all three things are super achievable in three easy steps. I’m serious! The title isn’t clickbait, just a tried and trusted method to grow as a writer. All we need to…
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Let’s Talk About Setting
Have you noticed how an increasing number of authors are breaking away from the Eurocentric worlds associated with speculative fiction? It has been super refreshing to read mainstream books set in magical, faraway places that are totally different than what we’ve grown used to. But now I question why I automatically default to those pseudo-European…
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How I Name Them (Part 2-Characters)
Hello again! Welcome to part 2 of this naming convention series. If you’d like to read about how I chose place names, check out part 1 here. Let’s dive straight in, shall we? My first and most important criterion for a character name is pronounceability. It has to be easy to say, regardless of the…
Yolandie Horak 