A Young Writer's Blog
Hello everybody! I know this is a little odd but I wrote a western short story. And it won't be in two parts. It was literally an hour project, half hour to write and another half hour to edit. I know it is not my genre and everything but I enjoyed writing it and I … Continue reading Short Story: Mighty Fine Shootin’
Editing. Just editing. Lately I’ve been editing my first novel, A Silence in the Shadows. How fun! Actually no, I’m being sarcastic. Editing is just the worst. I hate it. It is by far my least favorite thing about writing. So today I’m going to share some tips that I have found helpful for when … Continue reading Editing. Just Editing.
And I’m back with a third post of old poems! This time they are both Haiku style. I hope you enjoy! 😀 Slaying the Dragon Standing there with a Sword, ready to slay, the dragon, Sword, at the ready Caleb E King © 2018 Making the Sword The Apprentice stood, Amazed at the sword made … Continue reading Two Old Poems 3
Have you ever written a story about some epic dragon that fights a knight and steals treasure, and then you share it with someone and they say oh, that’s so stupid. Dragons are cliché! Well here are ten tips on how to make fantasy creatures NOT cliché! Tip #1: Add a Twist Dragon’s don’t always … Continue reading How to Make Fantasy Creatures Not Cliché
Okay, guys! You all seemed to really enjoy the two old poems post, and so I’m going to do it again. I rustled up two more poems from my old school work which I am going to share with you today. Enjoy. Sun, glinting off cold steel, eyes, hard and brave, a sword, sheathed, in … Continue reading Two Old Poems 2
You sit down to write, you know you should, you know you have to, you put your pencil on the paper or set your fingers to the keyboard, and then it goes blank. Nothing will come out. It feels like your fingers are stuck and you just can’t move them as hard as you try. … Continue reading 3 Ways to Smash Writer’s Block
Drake ducked under Terrance's swing and then countered with a blazing left cut. Terrance caught it and pushed it forcefully out of the way. Drake slid his blade away from his friends' and leaped high, ready to defeat Terrance once and for all, and then a tap on the back meant he had been defeated. … Continue reading Short Story: Strength Together: Part 2
Everything was a haze. Everything but the sword and the eyes. Moving his own sword upward, Drake Romell watched his opponent's eyes to determine where the next move might be executed. Drake saw the eyes flick to the left. There. The man would strike there. When his opponent was just beginning to move his blade … Continue reading Short Story: Strength Together: Part 1
Before you want to write a novel, you're going to want to know your characters pretty well, right? I mean, you don't want to write bland, wooden characters at the beginning of your novel and then by the end you've got your character down. No, you want to have them nice and rounded already before … Continue reading Four Part Blog Series: Beginning a Novel: Part 4: The Characters
Alright, now that you have every thing you need to put together your plot, it's time to slide it all together. Your characters, theme, character arc, plot, story, goal, motivations, message, snippets and epic scenes are ready to be set down into a time line. 1: Set it Down To start, just...start. There isn't much … Continue reading Four Part Blog Series: Beginning a Novel: Part 3: Beginning to Write the Plot
