Or: Things I Wish I'd Known Before Writing My First Draft I'm writing this on the cusp of my first novel, Buried Heroes,* making its way into the world. The novel was originally inspired by a DnD campaign with my husband, and it's evolved so much from there. I've spent the last year … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Turning your DnD Campaign into a Novel
Writing Reflections
Playing with Your Ideal Reader
Following our post about dismissing the idea of writer's block and letting go of perfectionism, I wanted to address another thought process that can stop your writing in its tracks: who you think about while drafting. Changing who that person is, who you're imagining reading your work, at … [Read more...] about Playing with Your Ideal Reader
Freedom from “Writer’s Block”
Or: Help for When You're Stuck Part of the inspiration for starting the blog component of this site was hearing people's frustration at being unable to finish their character's backstory or get through a draft because they had to keep going back over the same things and couldn't seem to get it … [Read more...] about Freedom from “Writer’s Block”
Notes from a(n aspiring) Novelist: Two
Sometimes you don't have a good writing week. And by that I mean sometimes you have a really bad writing week where you don't get anywhere close to your writing goals. Or at least that's what happened to me. To recap, I'm trying to write a full draft of my first novel in twelve weeks. I … [Read more...] about Notes from a(n aspiring) Novelist: Two
Notes from a(n aspiring) Novelist: One
It feels a bit odd to be planning an ongoing series of posts at this very early point in the blog’s development, but I’m hopeful that, somewhere out there, a few of you are like me and working on a novel, wanting to write a longer work one day, or just find writers and their process interesting. … [Read more...] about Notes from a(n aspiring) Novelist: One
Personalizing and Incorporating Characters’ Worship Practices
The various pantheons in D&D and other RPGs already provide players with so many interesting details and pull from lots of different sources of lore. Experimenting with these deities and their narratives, characteristics, and histories can be a great way to complicate and personalize your game … [Read more...] about Personalizing and Incorporating Characters’ Worship Practices