Writing Lessons & Advice: Boosting Creativity
One of my Christmas presents in 2024 was a Tome Writing Toolkit , a computer-based and user-customized resource that guides and encourages aspiring writers through the process of novel writing. Three different toolkit options are offered, each with varying levels of feature access, but each offering starts with a quiz that helps tailor the toolkit to meet the user where they are in their writing journey. This may just be me, but just from the first few days with my tooklit, I
Writing Lessons & Advice: Story Elements and Plot
In my writing experiences, my stories tend to start with a few ideas. For instance, I want to: set a story in a magical Christmas town. ...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Writer's Block
Previous lessons have touched on the foundations of written expression and producing your best work . Now let’s put them into practice! Your writing materials are at the ready! A blank new document on your computer screen awaits your typing touch. A fresh notebook page anticipates the scrawl of your writing utensil. However, your mind is as blank as the canvas you stare at! Your ideas have become elusive butterflies! You keep missing your trains of thought! A pesky voice in
