All of this talk about Tolkien and seeing Penguin’s guide to writing a fictional language has made me want to invent a language of my own. I won’t do it because of time, and a lack linguistic knowledge, and because my current work in progress really, really isn’t that kind of book. But I keep… Continue reading Writing Week in Review: 3/26-3/31
The end of another week means another update on writing. How did the last seven days go? Did my computer attempt to devour me? Did a stack of words tumble from a high shelf and bop me on the head? Luckily not! Weekly Word Count Goal: 5000 Total New Words for Modern Mythology: 5051 I dodged… Continue reading Writing Week in Review: 3/18-3/25
The brain is a strange beast. This spring mine would rather write snippets from a thousand different stories than it would focus on one. I have a theory about that. Writing particular scenes is more rewarding on a neurological level. We want to write those portions because it feels good, feels better than good to… Continue reading Writing Week in Review: 3/11-3/17
It was such a relief to get back to my fiction this week. As some of you probably remember, I took some time away from my normal writing goals to focus on working with the literary website Book Riot. Taking the break was the right decision, but returning to my modern mythology project has been… Continue reading Writing Week in Review: 3/4-3/10
And so concludes the second week of my brief creative writing hiatus. As I mentioned last week, I wanted to take a break from working on my fiction in order to get my feet under me with my new contributor position at Book Riot. That pause was a good decision. I try not to set… Continue reading Writing Week in Review: 2/25-3/3
As I mentioned last week, I stumbled into an interesting opportunity. It turns out that I can share more about that now. I recently accepted a position as a contributing author for Book Riot. Book Riot is an awesome online media site that “is dedicated to the idea that writing about books and reading should be… Continue reading Writing Announcement: Let’s Start a Riot
Last week I mentioned that I write in a scattered manner and pluck scenes from various places in the story. This week I continued that pattern and focused on writing the ending of my current work in progress. It hardly seemed to matter that I haven’t written all of the story’s innards yet; my brain… Continue reading Writing Week in Review: 2/11-2/17
Writing is like constructing a jigsaw puzzle. For me, it is at any rate. Though I know the most efficient method is to find the corner pieces, put together the edges, and then, only then, begin working on the insides, sometimes I can’t help myself. Sometimes I begin constructing the puzzle in the wrong way.… Continue reading Writing Week in Review: 2/4-2/10
I’ve recently had to pause one of my writing projects. I tend not to discuss the contents of my various works in progress because drafts can change drastically over their lives. It feels like I am jinxing myself when I provide too many details. However, I feel compelled to explain why I am letting one… Continue reading Writing Week in Review: 1/28-2/3
Some weeks are all about writing, and other weeks are heavier on the other other types of work that go into creating a piece of fiction. This past week fell into the latter category. I spent several days researching various bits of information related to the modern mythology project that I’m working on. (I really will… Continue reading Writing Week in Review: 1/21-1/27
Kristen Twardowski 