I recently fell in love with a writing style, and I came up with a metaphor to describe it. I decided that it would be a fun exercise to do this with various stories and authors that I’ve grown to love: Angela Carter – “The Bloody Chamber” It’s a small glass bottle filled with liquids… Continue reading Describing Writing Styles 1
So the other day, I had the blessing of quite literally writing myself sick. I had a day to dedicate to writing, and I wrote for eight hours straight until I was in a state of derealization, which is objectively a bad thing, but sometimes I don’t mind. In that state, however, I can’t bring… Continue reading Light Reading
As a reminder, Wednesdays are for creative work and Saturdays are for everything else, including blog updates. However, seeing as this post regards a story of mine, particularly my attempt at a chronologically updating online story Crossing the Line, I thought it fitting to post it today. I struggle a lot with commitment. I start projects… Continue reading Commitment vs. Reconsideration
((There’s a writing exercise of my own invention that I enjoy on occasion: I put my entire music library on shuffle mode, regardless of genre, and try to tell a coherent oneshot story using each song to determine what happens next. I never know if it will end up literary or young adult until I… Continue reading Playlist Prompt 1
If asked several years ago, teenage me would have claimed that I never wrote from experience. I assumed that people who wrote from experience were just writers who lacked imagination. Presently, every protagonist I write is, in some form, an emotional surrogate I have created, and I am prouder for it. I suppose, then, the… Continue reading My Experience Writing from Experience
Seeing as my Beauty and the Beast retelling ended up so different from my initial idea of it, I thought this would be a good opportunity to give (and gain) some insight into how I write some of my stories. Each of my stories has its own process, but when it comes to short stories, this… Continue reading The Writing of the B&B Retelling
Lines and Lamentations 