You have Character A and Character B. You have them in Place at Time. What you don’t have is your plot. You turn to the tried-and-true method: giving your characters a goal. The idea behind pointing your characters towards a goal is to give them a motivation. Character motivation is the reason a character does… Continue reading Why Character Goals Aren’t Driving Your Plot
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Finally Setting 2023 Goals
Initially when I started thinking of the goals I wanted to set for the year, I wanted to aim to completely edit and publish a novel this year. Part of the reasoning is that I’ve looked over my project list and had to face the fact that while I have a lot of writing projects.… Continue reading Finally Setting 2023 Goals
NaNo Prep ’22: Inspiration
NaNoWriMo is just 15 days away! That means we’re entering crunch mode for NaNo Prep. Regardless of how you write, I highly recommend going into NaNo with a plan. For my fellow discovery and pantser writers, I don’t mean you have to have an outline and your characters all figured out. You do however, need… Continue reading NaNo Prep ’22: Inspiration
September 2022 Recap
October starts tomorrow! Although fall officially started a few days ago, I haven’t seen much change in the scenery here yet. I’m still so used to the Arizona weather patterns and I’m excited to get the full experience of fall. With the start of October also starts the last stretch of the year. Not only… Continue reading September 2022 Recap
Updated: Writing Commitments
When I first wrote about writing commitments, I brought up the point that writing every day is not something that works a hundred percent of the time. As I start and try to get myself back into posting more consistently, I find that still holds true for the most part. Numerous reasons work against writing… Continue reading Updated: Writing Commitments
The Written Vixen 