Tag: NaNoWriMo

• Writer’s Block: When the Task is too Daunting

  How does your journey begin? Okay! So, you want to write a book. Let’s get started. How? Well… first you plan everything. Brainstorm and scribble out all your ideas for characters, world-building, and the conflict. Next, you outline the plot, then expand it into a more detailed outline, and then you write a rough draft…

  A.R. Grimes

  May 15, 2022

  On writing

  Author Learning Center, Chunky Method, goals, hopewriters, NaNoWriMo, Reedsy, save the cat, story elements, writer's block, writing, writing advice, writing community

• Writer’s Block: Knowing is Half the Battle

  Defeat Writer’s Block with Sufficient Preparation I have this awesome idea! I’ll start writing and it will all just flow out of me seamlessly and without pause…right? Well that depends. Demolishing writer’s block begins with developing a plan, and part of that planning involves knowing both yourself and your target audience. Or as Sun Tzu…

  A.R. Grimes

  May 8, 2022

  On writing

  Author Learning Center, NaNoWriMo, plot dot, Reedsy, Save the Cat!, writer's block, writing, writing advice, writing community

• Writer’s Block: The Silence of the Muse

  As promised in the previous post, I delve into the gruesome and gritty details of writer’s block. In this article, I chose to address what I call “creative issues” first. The struggle to unmuzzle the muse often seems the most salient and immediate problem. In the following paragraphs, I share some great “hacks” that have…

  A.R. Grimes

  May 1, 2022

  On writing

  Author Learning Center, books, Brent Weeks, inspiration, NaNoWriMo, Pride and Prejudice, Reedsy, Save the Cat!, Wheel of Time series, writer's block, writing hacks