Pen & Keyboard
A Writing Blog
Why am I Writing About Writing?
When I started writing, I found the process horrendously difficult, and I found the results disappointing. But after a few key changes, writing became an enjoyable daily hobby. And I now have a novel that I’m ready to publish! In this blog, I’m unpacking that journey through a series of posts, and I hope that at least some of what I’ve experienced can help you with your writing. Much of what I write about here will be most applicable to fiction writing, but at least some of the pointers will apply broadly.
Start Here
Are you feeling discouraged in writing? Or finding it difficult to start or keep going? Are you disappointed or frustrated over your process and/or results? This post will walk you through several approaches to figure out how you might make your writing more enjoyable!
Tips & Tricks for Editing Your Story
You will almost certainly spend a lot of time editing your works. To get the most out of it, and to prevent the process from becoming a slog, check out this post for a range of ideas to make this critical step work for you!
Using the Enneagram for Writing
The usefulness of personality types in the real world is debatable. But in writing, the Enneagram and others (like Myers-Briggs, Love Languages, etc.) offer a gold mine for creating and refining characters. In this post, learn more about how to use a system to up-level your writing!
Here’s The Writing Process I Developed
In this post, read a breakdown of my writing process, the one that helped me go from dreading my writing time to enjoying it. This specific process might not work for you, but it may provide ideas for you to adopt.
How Fan Fiction (or Something Like it) Can Help Your Process
You read that right! Fan fiction can be an incredible tool to help you find your strengths and growing edges. And if you don’t want to try fan fiction, this post presents other options to get a similar result.