‘Sometimes editing is killing your darlings. And sometimes you’re a murderer committing mass word homicide.’ 4 things to do when you have to cut your word count.
WIP Wednesday – Granter of Impossible Wishes
It’s WIP Wednesday and storyteller Kat Vancil is working on… a short story for this year’s Fantasy & SciFi Writers Alliance contest + Queer books for your TBR!
Should You Challenge Yourself to Improve?
3 ways writing challenges can ACTUALLY help you improve as a storyteller with examples from daily writing and short story contests to 50K word mega challenges.
I Forgot They Weren’t Real People: 5 Ways to Make Your Stories Feel Real
How to make your audience forget your characters aren’t real. 5 ways you can use what you know to make your stories feel real with examples from Kat.
Art Imitates Life: My 5 Examples of Writing What You Know From my Own Stories
They say “Write what you know.” But that advice is often too vague to be helpful. Instead here’s 5 examples of how I used this advice in my own stories.
Show Your Pride: Book Stack Challenge
For the “Show Your Pride” book stack challenge I represented the Demisexual flag in books & comics ranging from tame middle grade to oh-so-spicy adult.