How to Honor God by Putting Him FirstHow to put God first in my writing has been on my mind a lot lately. So much in fact that I’ve been praying about my novels in a way that I just haven’t before. Honestly, I never thought God cared much about my writing to begin with….
Is Repetition a Rhetorical Device?If your question is how you can use parallelism in your writing, then you’re way ahead of the game! Well, my game at least. Some of you may not have heard this word since grade school and some maybe have forgotten it all together. To those people, I say #relatable, because learning…
5 Ways to Write Better Creative Paragraphs I’ve been on the search for 5 ways to write better creative paragraphs and I’m certain I’ve found a few gems that can help along the way. Keep in my mind these are just my opinions but I’ve found that each of these tips helped my writing go from…
Is Save the Cat! Writes a Novel a Good Writing Tool? Let’s get into a Save the Cat! Writes a Novel Review! It can’t be underestimated how much this book has influenced my writing methods. When I started taking writing seriously in January 2019, I decided that all my books would follow Brody’s beat system. So far,…
The Nightmare and Belligerence of EditingLet’s talk editing for a moment, and see how long it takes before my eyes burst out of my skull. But first, let’s start with a list. Things I would rather do than edit my novel:Shove MYSELF in a locker Punch an oak treeDo a 500 piece puzzle that ends up being…
The Beast That Is OutliningOutlining. Pain in the ass. Children run out of class rooms when their teachers mention it. You groan. I groan. We all groan. I get it. It sucks. It’s less fun than editing and . . . wait. No. Nothing is less fun than editing. I would rather chew off my own…
