Whenever I read another author’s explanation of how they create their characters, I think, Wow, that looks so professional, I would love to have a neatly organised character sheet too! And then in a fit of busyness I start making one just like it, only to get to the “Character Traits” section and stall. I can’tContinueContinue reading “Random rambling about characters”
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20 facts about my writing process
1. It takes a long time for me to write. An hour per page is pretty standard. 2. I write better if I have brief distractions, such as looking up a word in the online thesaurus or changing my writing music. Anything much longer, however, and I can’t get back into it. 3. Accountability is hugeContinueContinue reading “20 facts about my writing process”
8 situations you writers are probably familiar with
Mentally writing your next chapter when you’re at work, and your boss asks you a question and you accidentally reply with whatever your character is saying just then. Trust me when I tell you not to do this. It is highly embarrassing. That squirmy feeling you get when you know you ought to be writing, butContinueContinue reading “8 situations you writers are probably familiar with”
10 reasons to be a writer
You have a legitimate reason to spend your entire life at Tim Horton’s (or wherever my non-Canadian friends hang out), drinking coffee or hot chocolate and guzzling Timbits. Timbits. Hot chocolate. What else can I say? (For those of you who may have heard that Timbits are the ammunition with which we keep all theContinueContinue reading “10 reasons to be a writer”
4 Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Writers
1. We don’t write as much as you think we do.
At least I don’t. It’s surprisingly hard to buckle down and churn out a couple pages. It’s much easier to gravitate straight to social media the second I get the tiniest touch of writer’s block. I then end up spending ages on Pinterest, pinning things that inspire me, and saying how inspired I feel, and then spending ages longer on Pinterest doing nothing with said inspiration. It’s kinda sad.
Benita J. Thompson 