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Writing Challenges!
These are some challeneges I set for myself a year or so ago that I thought were absolutely fun! There are six in total:
The first is common among writing circles: write six word stories. Personally I have never been good at these, but I have read some beautiful (& scary) ones online.
The second one, I believe, is also common (especially around NaNo): 30 second sprints! See how many words you…
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Meet Wess!
Wess is a tiny Grasshopper Sparrow, probably the most endangered bird in the United States, and he is on one critical mission: to find his song! This early reader book will have children giggling at the silly bird calls and learning about a small patch of Florida grasslands. Come join Wess as he sings his heart out!
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We had to write a Mini Comic for my Illustration Class so I did mine based on The Frog and The Scorpion. Hopefully you all know the story!
But if you don’t know the story… In the original the scorpion stings the frog in the middle of the river. When the frog asks “why” the scorpion says “it’s in my nature” and they both die. I like my ending more.
Done with watercolor and pen and ink nib.
Editing Advice Part 1: Continuity
Although I said I wouldn’t be giving writing advice on this blog, I never said anything about editing advice. Plenty of people give (unhelpful, short-sighted, or far too niche) writing advice, but few focus on the crucial final part of the writing process, and yet, editing is what gives a lot of writers the most trouble. I personally love editing far more than the initial writing stage and so am here to offer my advice in not one, not two, not even three, but four—yes four!—blog posts!
First, let’s look at continuity, in three categories: Time, Place, and People. Technically, you ought to keep continuity in mind throughout the writing process, but it’s still easy to forget one or two things. Thus, when you finally decide “I’m going to edit this WIP!”, you need to double check that everything is consistent, not just from a plot standpoint, but from a spacial, chronological, and personal standpoint as well.
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I wanted to update about my series, Endangered
Book 1: Complete! Yahnaa's Path (title liable to change) was finished last month. It is about a snow leopard cub who is seperated from her family after an encounter with humans.
The second draft is complete, I may do a third draft in the later months of the year. For now it is put to the side, waiting for its finishing touches.
Book 2: Untitled. A young lowland gorilla decides to take matters into his own hands after poachers kill some of their troop and takes the infants. With a few friends, he stomps through the Congo Rainforest in search of the lost babies.
So far I am only in chapter 2 (or 3, depending on how I figure my first 2 chapters). It's a little difficult to write the poaching scene, but I am enjoying the book overall. The characters are fun.
My books are for the ages 12-14. I am hoping to give adolesances stories they will enjoy and low-key educate them on the animals whose numbers are dwindling.
Discover the story of the one place we all call home - Our Planet, a groundbreaking Netflix original documentary series.
Our world is dying. Our neighbors need us. Their habitats, their homes, need us. And we need them. Help protect our home.
Sometimes I think the only writing advice worth hearing is that you don’t need to be afraid. It’s okay to take risks and have Mary Sues and write something that’s been done before. Write your story your way. And keep writing it and making it better until you have the best thing that you personally could possibly have created.The rest will sort itself out.
Literally THE most useful thing you can learn as a writer is how to pitch a story
A good pitch can turn strangers into readers—who might then become fans
Allow me!
Five Elements of a Good Novel Pitch
Common Problems in Pitches (ie what to avoid)
How to Pitch Your Novel in Under a Minute (there’s even more links at the end of this one, too!)
Writer things
- were street lamps invented in ww2????
- how much does an arm cost tho
- Everyone is nodded. All the heads are nodding in this conversation
- wait no it was raining wasn’t it *looks back ten pages* yeah okay why did i do that
- It’s still night right?
- It’s been night for like 30 years at this point
- what’s that guy’s name again? I should know this these are my babies
- I have no idea how you guys are going to get out of this alive so figure it out kids
- *googles* how to travel across Europe during the middle ages
- effects of the bubonic plague???
- shoot, comas don’t work like I want them to. I need a convenient coma
- Everyone has the ability to quirk one eyebrow why is this
- how smart are rats
- I think they’ve sighed like 30 times now
- how do i describe what its like to run a mile I’ve never done that in my life
- Im sure its just like super hard
- No one cares about the weather stop
- i just wrote twenty pages in two hours why cant i do this in school
- everyone smirks too much but what else do i say its not a smile its too sad for that
- and now everyone is just ‘smiling sadly’.
- chuckled sounds like santa clause but laugh is too much but snickered is evil but giggled is too bubbly…
- what is the purpose of a rubber duck
- no, don’t make references this is a serious piece of literature
- “now if I reverse the polarity of the neutron flow”
- okay i need tea and music and oh wow look at that someone liked my tumblr post…
Last Line Tag
I was tagged by @rosecorcoranwrites . Thanks!
"Giving up on finding any peaceful slumber, she peeked an eye open. Nothing but open sky above her. Dirt, tuffs of grass, and boulders took up the view in front of her."
Mine is from my NaNo WIP
I will tag @merigreenleaf @dreamywritingdragon & anyone else who wants to
R.I.P. Stan Lee (December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018)
Today I took a day & focused on something I haven't done in a while: reading for the enjoyment of it.
Writing is amazing. I love storybuilding, character creations, and everything else that goes with it. But some days you need or may just want to focus on something else.
I don't mean to say I've had a complete lazy day; I had personal affairs to attend to throughout the day. Just any time I might have spent writing my book, I opened another. & honestly, I think it helped my writing in the long run. To get out of my head & into someone else's let me focus differently on my WIP when I looked at it next.
So I say this to any writers/artists/musicians: It is okay to take a personal day!
101 Unique or interesting names for male characters
Able
Adder
Adrian
Adriel
Aeron
Alec
Alto
Amos
Ansel
Atlas
Asaiah (As-A-ah, like Isaiah)
Baize
Balthasar
Barnabas
Bartholomew
Blaze
Boaz
Bonaventure
Cable
Callisto
Cassius
Cato
Caspian
Chandra
Chester
Corbin (Core-ben) -Also spelt Korbin
Cyrus
Damaris
Decimus
Dorrit
Dougal
Eagan
Ebenezer -Eben
Ephraim
Eobard
Eonian
Ewart
Flavius
Fillius
Firth
Gannon
Garvan
Gawen (Gaa-Win)
Gawain (Gah-way-nn)
Hadrian
Henrik
Ichabod
Jasper
Julius
Kalan
Kalgan
Laban
Leopold
Lenik
Madoc
Marcus
Matthias
Meckel
Mercer
Mercury
Misha
Nathaniel
Nehemiah
Nero
Noam
Orson
Otto
Persis
Phelan
Pike
Quinten
Quintus
Ragin
Romulus
Scipio
Septimus
Shamir
Silas
Slater
Solomon
Starling
Summed
Tahoe
Thaddeus
Themis
Tobias
Tolliver (Like Oliver)
Trias
Uhdel (You-del)
Uther
Valerian
Varick
Vittorio
Wyndon
Willem
Xabier
Xanthus
Ymir
Yannick
Zoran
Zafar
There you have it, sorry this took so long!
Here’s the girl’s list: http://theunamazingauthor.tumblr.com/post/149810084809/101-unique-or-interesting-names-for-female
101 unique or interesting names for female characters.
Abelia
Abeline (Abba-line)
Abilene
Adelaide
Agnes
Althea
Amity
Andromeda
Anja
Anona
Anya
Arcadia
Ariane
Ariel
Asa
Atria (At-tree-ah)
Aviana
Beatrice
Bianca
Brigid
Cassiopeia
Caterina
Constance
Coralie
Cordelia
Cybele
Damia
Deja
Delia
Devorah (Like Deborah)
Desdemona
Ebba
Elena
Emmeline
Ena (In-ah)
Enya
Estelle
Eudora
Fable
Fayola
Felice
Fifer
Flora
Garnet
Geraldine
Gretchen
Halona
Hebe
Honoria
Isolde
Ilia
Jaya
Jolie
Junia
Kay
Kendra
Keziah (Kee-zee-ah)
Kiaria (Key-R-E-ah)
Lavinia
Ligeia
Livia
Luana
Lucasta
Mable
Maddalena
Maeve
Magdalen
Margo
Mariel
Marilla
Merilee
Mirabel
Natalyn
Necilla
Oriana
Odelia
Parvati
Poppy
Quenby (Kwen-bee)
Quintia
Roselle
Rianne
Sabina
Sable
Salem
Seneca
Shiloh (Shy-low)
Shreya
Shayera
Sukey
Tallulah
Tamara
Taruria
Una
Verena
Verdi
Whimsy
Xavia (Zay-via)
Yvonne
Zaria
Zelena
UPDATE, link to the guys list: http://theunamazingauthor.tumblr.com/post/149959702359/100-unique-or-interesting-names-for-male
[Image description: 4-panel comic. December 9, 2017. Panel 1: Sometimes I worry that nobody wants to read the things I want to write. Panel 2: But I want to read them. Panel 3: And I am a real person even if I don’t always feel like it. Panel 4: So I’ll keep writing.]
