The Written Vixen has been my project for three and a half years. There are so many things I want to do with my little corner of the internet. When I started this year, I had a lot I wanted to do for the blog. I’d planned on starting an author spotlight, updating my icon… Continue reading Hiatus
Worldbuilding: Maps
At some point in my life, I want to arrange a home office that contains a map of every fictional world I love. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, Paolini’s Alagaësia, McCaffery’s world of Pern. An entire wall dedicated just to the maps of fictional worlds. I love the look of fictional maps. And there’s no better place… Continue reading Worldbuilding: Maps
Story Starter No. 18
Truth seekers and storytellers alike came to him.
Twisted Tales
In cultures all over the world, there are timeless stories. Often these are oral stories we might hear from parents or grandparents. Most of them have a moral bend—instructing the listeners to be kind, to have compassion and to stay hopeful. A lot of these stories get lumped in under fairy tales. There’s a… Continue reading Twisted Tales
Exercise: Alphabet Sentences
Part of writing is figuring out how to string sentences together. It sounds super easy, any seasoned writer can tell you there are times where figuring out how to start the next sentence is a monumental task. That’s exactly the aim of today’s exercise: giving you some practice with difficult to start sentences. As an… Continue reading Exercise: Alphabet Sentences
