Scribbled Fiction

It's simple: effort without reward = no fun. Have you stopped to reward yourself for writing recently? Have you ever  stopped to reward yourself for writing? Have you finished a tough scene, or reached a word goal, or done something hard, and then rewarded yourself for it? You should. As a writer, you are your own boss, and you need to be a fair one. Effort merits reward. Finishing on time deserves a pat on the back. A reward can be anything. It can be a quick YouTube video after finishing your writing session for the day. It can be a Saturday off if you consistently write every day, Monday through Friday. It can be a face mask at the end of the day because you want one. Even 20 minutes of free reading time in the evening will suffice. But make sure you reward yourself. Be a fair boss. Your brain is working hard here. And I'm talking to myself here as well as you. I'm terrible at telling myself I did well. I'm terrible at making sure I get rewarded for my hard work. I...

Photo by  Kaboompics .com  from  Pexels I'm so picky about dialogue. Probably too picky. But it's people! Talking! And they gotta sound real!! I know everyone tries so hard to make dialogue sound good, but there are just some things I see over and over that pull me out of the narrative and make me go 'well yuck'. Bear in mind that these are opinions . They're subjective, you don't have to listen to me. I'm just talking about it because I want to. So let's go! 'he presented' 'she queried' 'he cautioned'  Just seriously, don't use a distracting, complicated word when 'said' will work just fine. Of course, there is absolutely nothing wrong with plenty of other dialogue tags, but some of them are just useless. I can tell he's cautioning because he's saying "be careful!" Honestly when I see the word 'queried' being used instead of 'said' it just sets my teeth on edge. And on another note, s...

 I know most of the people in the writer blogisphere write things like '5 ways to write a character arc' or 'how to avoid a boring plot', and I love reading those! They're super helpful and sometimes you can get some super good techniques from writer bloggers. But while I love reading those posts and linking them to this blog when they're relevant, I just... don't feel like I'm one of them? Now, I'm sure that this is all just a matter of perspective, but I never feel educated enough on most topics to feel like I could instruct someone else. I know I don't know everything there is to know about it, and I know I don't do any kind of writing thing flawlessly, so I don't feel that I should be telling people the right way to do something when I don't think I do it the right way. Again, this might just be a matter of perspective, but that's how I feel. So that's why I've gone the direction I have with this blog. Rather than tell...

Hey look another tag that nobody technically tagged me in! But I was looking for blog post ideas and was sent this one by Nicole , so I will thank her anyway. Thanks, Nicole! I owe you one.  I have no other words in my brain, so here we go! Las Reglas parra Tag: Regla Uno:  Thank the blogger who tagged you and provide a link to their post. (see above) Regla Dos: Answer the inquires, including any added ones by means of "Regla Seis". Regla Tres:  Always  use your own characters. No exception, unless you don't actually have sibling characters (in which case you need to go write up some) or you don't write (in which case you need to start ASAP). Regla Quatro: Tag three other bloggers. Regla Cinco: If you happen to have any siblings who blog, they are automatically tagged and cannot count towards your three. Regla Seis: Add one question or prompt to the list of questions the person before you answered relating to siblings and/or characters. Answer the...

I can't help but feel that due to a certain Miss Rona and all the rules she's causing, the last couple wrapups have not been very interesting. Mainly because I haven't done much of anything. So I'm going to focus on some smaller stuff I did rather than big events, because I haven't had very many B.E. moments this month. But is anybody else suspicious because no world catastrophe happened in July? Yeah me too. *narrows eyes at the book of Revelation* Also, remember how I added the YouTube section to the wrapups last month? Well now I'm also adding Music and Film into these. I don't know if I'll keep it, so let me know if all the additions make the wrapups too long.  :-| I got back into editing! for like 3 days. Ummm and now I gotta draft all the August posts even though it's only July 27th today(shhh don't tell anyone) because I'll be out of town the first week of August, so let's hope I get some editing done this week. I read all the way ...