by lauralizbuckley | 21 May, 2019 | Writing
It’s as frustrating as it is inevitable: sometimes you’re going to sit down in front of your laptop or notebook and the words just will not come. What is writer’s block? That’s tricky to answer, since it means different things to different people. For...
by lauralizbuckley | 9 May, 2019 | Writing
I don’t know about you, but I find asking the people close to me for feedback on my writing totally terrifying. What if they hate it? What if they don’t think it makes any sense? What if they think the character that I like the best is completely foul? What if they...
by lauralizbuckley | 6 Apr, 2019 | Writing
Do you think you could write 50 000 words in a month? Or, perhaps the more pertinent question, would you even want to? I’ve heard a lot of different thoughts on NaNoWriMo since I first encountered the idea a few years ago, and I feel like most of them have been...
by lauralizbuckley | 3 Mar, 2019 | Writing
I was watching Partner play a video game this afternoon. I usually find this pretty entertaining; the games he tends to play are pretty story-heavy, so I sit there reading or writing or whatever and tune in during the cut scenes. It’s like watching a vaguely...
by lauralizbuckley | 18 Feb, 2019 | Writing
This morning was always going to be a frustrating workout. I hadn’t been to the gym in a couple of weeks, and my exercise schedule for the month or so before that has been… let’s say, sporadic. Minimal. Near-zero. Patchy gym attendance is unfortunately the rule,...
