THE ONE ABOUT REVISION COOKIES

THE ONE ABOUT REVISION COOKIES

  Hello lovelies! In April, I wrote a blog post about revisions and introduced you to Rachel Griffin’s course “Writing is Rewriting”—which I HIGHLY recommend if, like me, you’re deep in the revision trenches and can’t see the forest for the trees. Also: check out...
THE ONE WITH THE DIRTY SECRET

THE ONE WITH THE DIRTY SECRET

  Here’s my dirty secret: I don’t like revising. The very word sends shivers down my spine. It’s a necessary evil—a tedious, messy hurdle standing between me and the manuscript of my dreams. I’m completely and utterly baffled by writers who tackle revisions with...
THE ONE ABOUT THE COMMONPLACE BOOK

THE ONE ABOUT THE COMMONPLACE BOOK

  Hello lovelies! As writers, our brains are constantly overflowing with ideas, snippets of dialogue, historical tidbits, and magical fancies. Bursts of inspiration seem to strike at the most unexpected times—and we scramble to take a (mental) picture or...
THE ONE ABOUT POETRY

THE ONE ABOUT POETRY

  Hello, lovelies! A few weeks ago, I did A THING: I wrote a poem. In fact, I wrote three! It was weird and wonderful and a bit scary (because who am I to think that I can just DO that). Oh, and my poems were then recited by a Dutch musical star in front of 1000...
THE ONE ABOUT SCRIVENER 5

THE ONE ABOUT SCRIVENER 5

  Hellooo! As you may have seen, I’ve been writing a series of posts about how I set up my Scrivener file for drafting (and revising). Today, I present to you the final post in this series to talk about Scrivener’s notes and research features (*tadaa*). Please...
THE ONE ABOUT SCRIVENER 4

THE ONE ABOUT SCRIVENER 4

  Hi lovelies! As you may have read in my previous posts, I’ve been working on a second draft of my heist WIP. I’ve been writing a series of posts about how I set up my Scrivener file for writing these drafts just in case you’re interested in getting a peek...