Have you ever watched a favorite movie or TV show so often that you are shocked that one time you noticed something different? Perhaps something in the background, or a piece of dialogue that managed to fly below the radar during the first five (dozen? twenty?) viewings. When this happens,…
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As a relatively new writer, I am learning on the go. Not just about the craft of writing, but about the whole process: drafting, editing, revising, fact-checking, publishing, distributing, and … marketing. Marketing. I am not made for marketing. This isn’t something that I have learned on my writing journey.…
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Before I received my first paid writing assignment in 2020, I spent portions of the previous six years reading about the craft of writing (why it took so long is a subject for another day …). As I studied storycraft, I kept reading about the importance of point-of-view (POV). The…
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I have encountered an interesting struggle in the few short years that I have been writing. When God inspires me to write, words flow easily. When client demand is robust, my days are sometimes full enough to turn away paying work. The struggle is, I cannot create either of these…