Part 3 in story circle tutorials.
Tag: Published
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July & August, 2017 Goals
I have to say I was pretty proud of myself sticking to goals in May & June. May was great. I was diligent with my reading and writing goals. I kept to my personal goals. My manuscript crept up to 45K words. Things changed up a bit in June. I established a habit tracker. [...]
The YA Masterclass
On Thursday 15th June, 2017, I attended the YA Masterclass as part of The Emerging Writers Festival. It was damn exciting. We listened to lectures, interviews, panels and had a 2 hour work shop. One panel discussed finding voice in YA. They spoke about how young adult readers know what they like and they know [...]
Act 1 is Done!
I literally jumped around my room cheering at the end of this writing week. Act 1 is complete. Yes, your applause is welcome. Last Thursday I absolutely smashed it out of the park. I tackled four difficulty scenes and hit a word count of 2828. I can't believe I was able to tick off so [...]
Keep On Keepin’ On
My day job totally got in the way of my productivity this week. It was bat-shit-crazy. Remember last week when I was all pumped to write my next scene? Well, that didn't happen until Saturday night. Wednesday is an off night for writing. I was still having neck and shoulder pain from my fall the [...]
Climbing the Steps like Rocky
I am completely pumped right now. It is like I completed a marathon and I am ready to do a few more laps. This week I tackled some scenes I have been putting off. I don’t know if it was because I knew them really well. If I just couldn't be bothered to get the words [...]
The First Time I was Published.
When I was in Year 4 I entered a short story competition, and while I wasn't in the top ten, I was lucky enough to have my story published in the anthology. Here is my first published story. Please remember, I was ten. (I'm trying not to cringe.) NEW WORLD My pup Sneakey [...]
