Before a run or a workout, you need to warm up. You stretch or activate the muscles before you expect your body to perform, right? Well, it's the same for writing! If we want our minds to perform, we need to warm them up. Stretch it, ease it in, get the cogs turning. If you… Continue reading How to Write More Frequently: Warm Up Tips
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What I’m aiming for in my current novels
For the first time in a long time, a friend read one of my drafts. It was rough and I haven’t even read through the whole thing in its latest form, but she trusted me with hers, so I thought I’d do the same. It got me to thinking about what I’m aiming for with… Continue reading What I’m aiming for in my current novels
The Power of the Old School Writing Process
I’ve decided to try a write in a notebook this summer and it made me think, have some of us started to over-complicate the writing process? When we think about the greats - King, Bradbury, Gaiman and the like - they wrote on typewriters and notebooks. They didn’t have fast internet to rely on, or… Continue reading The Power of the Old School Writing Process
How I’m writing so fast this summer
I started writing my new Young Adult Fantasy Dystopian novel on the 26th July. I am now 20,000 words into the story. That's 20,000 words written in just 10 days. I feel like I'm writing very fast. I already did a post about how I plan to write this summer, which is similar to this.… Continue reading How I’m writing so fast this summer
S. R. Crawford 