Young Adult Indie Author
How’s your word count looking as we round into the final week of NaNoWriMo? Is it a little lower than you’d like? Here are five unexpected (and fun) ways to increase your word count to help you reach your 50,000 word goal. Tarot Cards Of course, this is my number 1 thing to grab…
Has your NaNoWriMo novel lost its luster? Are you feeling a little frustrated by your word count or lack thereof? No you’re wondering if you should just quit? Please don’t!! Instead use these ten ways to encourage yourself, give yourself some much needed motivation, and incentive to keep going. The word bribery usually gets a…
Plotters, Pantsers, and everyone in between…November 1st is just around the corner and that means we need to do a little outlining. Don’t freak out!! Let me give you my 8 step super simple process for outlining. And when I say outlining I mean a totally flexible, workable, fun plan that will help you write…
How are we in week three of Preptober already? You have your cast of characters, you have your beginning, your middle, and your end (your little bit of story structure) and you are itching to start writing. BUT if you’re following the NaNoWriMo rules, writing actual words is cheating. Today, I have a really fun…
You have your cast of characters ready and you’re all excited about your story idea, right? But maybe you started doing research on Story Structure and now you’re super confused. Save the Cat, Hero’s Journey, Three Act vs Four Act?! It’s all so overwhelming and my not so popular opinion is I don’t think you…
As you can probably tell, Tarot is one of my absolute favorite tools to use as an author. I use it to help me with everything from character creation to plot design to marketing strategies. You name it, I’ve probably used Tarot to help me in some fashion. But when I mention Tarot to other…
When starting a novel, it’s important to fill your world with well-rounded characters – the kind that feel so real your readers love diving into your stories, getting lost in their lives. Today, I want to teach you how to do that with the magical tool of Tarot. For some great examples using my Rider-Waite-Smith…
When you started writing your novel, you had a vision for what you wanted your book to be. You went along as your characters took you on a journey, but now you realize you are completely off track from where you “wanted” to be. You can’t seem to find your way back. Today, I’m sharing…
You pride yourself on being a pantser – someone who just dives right in with their book project without an outline, writing by the seat of your pants. It’s exciting – I get it! You want to just get started, but what happens when you get to that one scene and you don’t know what…
You did what all of the writing books and experts told you to do when you started working your novel – you created a very detailed outline and you expected things to go super smooth. BUT now you’ve hit a wall and that detailed outline isn’t helping anymore. Your characters aren’t doing what you told…