by lauralizbuckley | 6 Oct, 2020 | Writing
We’re a few weeks away from November, which can only mean it’s time to get prepare for NaNoWriMo! If you’re not sure what NaNoWriMo is, I talked about it a little more in this post. Essentially, it’s a writing challenge where you aim to write 50,000 words in the month...
by lauralizbuckley | 5 Mar, 2020 | Writing
Prophecy in Storytelling Prophecy is a favourite fantasy trope, and it can be used to great effect if you’re thoughtful about it. Before you dive in to planning your oracle’s speech, or working out how to turn your carefully-constructed prediction into a poem, it’s...
by lauralizbuckley | 29 Oct, 2019 | Writing
For some people, outlining is the best stage of writing a story—so much possibility! For others, outlining is more like getting dental work, ranging from uncomfortable to downright painful. Some writers prefer not to outline at all. Some like to go all-in with a...
by lauralizbuckley | 22 Oct, 2019 | Writing
November is approaching fast, and while this month means many things to many people, to a certain section of the writing community it means it’s time to sharpen our pencils and charge our laptops for National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. Over the course of 30...
by lauralizbuckley | 11 Jun, 2019 | Blog Posts, Writing
The internet is packed full of methods guaranteed to get you an outline of your exciting new story idea, and I reckon I must have tried almost all of them in trying to get my current story up and running. On the spectrum of plotter to pantser I am firmly on the...
