Writing Multiple WIPs
Have you ever had so many WIPs you just couldn't pick which one to work on or wasn't sure which ones to toss?
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effiejoestock
- Feb 4
- 3 min
How to Make a Fantasy Language (And What I Use for the Shadows of Light)
As a writer, you have a couple options for fantasy languages, and by a couple, I really mean two.
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effiejoestock
- Jan 28
- 3 min
5 Tools Writers Need to Start Worldbuilding
I could spend hours talking about worldbuilding and the different ways of going about it, but today I wanted to start at the very beginning
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effiejoestock
- Jan 21
- 4 min
Battling Self-doubt in Your Writing
Most of the self doubt we feel as creators... isn't valid. So let's talk about minimizing that doubt and how to make progress in light of
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effiejoestock
- Jan 14
- 3 min
How Long Should it Take to Write a Book?
The short answer? However long it takes you. The long answer however is a bit more complicated ...
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effiejoestock
- Sep 22, 2022
- 4 min
Re-asking myself some important questions, and how I answered them.
Why do I write and who is my audience? I must re-answer these questions for myself and face the consequences of their influence.
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effiejoestock
- Aug 24, 2021
- 3 min
Non-disclosure Agreements
What are Non-Disclosure Agreements and why should you use them?
Copy and use my beta reader agreement!
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effiejoestock
- Aug 23, 2021
- 2 min
15 Questions to Ask Beta Readers
If you're ready for the first readers to read your manuscript and give some feedback but aren't sure where to start, here's 15 simple...
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effiejoestock
- Aug 22, 2021
- 4 min
What is Beta Reading?
The purpose of beta reading? For a manuscript to be read and evaluated by standard readers.
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effiejoestock
- May 30, 2021
- 2 min
And All that Bad Writing
In order to commemorate that horrible, old writing, I have complied some of my most embarrassing writings for you to read and laugh at!
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effiejoestock
- Feb 10, 2021
- 6 min
Grief in My Writing (bonus Part 8 for On Writing Grief)
Your grief is not big enough to stop the world, just as your love was not big enough to stop death. That is the cruelness of life.
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effiejoestock
- Feb 6, 2021
- 13 min
On Writing Grief (Part 7): Guide and Tips for Writing Grief
Take my words and use them. Quote them if you want. It is only one way to portray grief, but it is a truthful way.
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effiejoestock
- Jan 30, 2021
- 9 min
On Writing Grief (Part 6) Time Doesn't Heal, it Changes
Time doesn’t heal, it only changes us until we can remember the pain no longer.
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effiejoestock
- Jan 23, 2021
- 11 min
On Writing Grief (Part 5) Everything Dies Eventually
I'd never thought there would be a time I wouldn’t have to live without Tron. But everything dies eventually.
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effiejoestock
- Jan 16, 2021
- 11 min
On Writing Grief (Part 4): Last of Everything
It was the last time I would play with him. The last time we would be together like this—happy and free.
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effiejoestock
- Jan 9, 2021
- 12 min
On Writing Grief (Part 3): Invincibility
Living on a farm has taught me that you can't outrun death. But, somehow, I think we believed we had become invincible.
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effiejoestock
- Jan 2, 2021
- 6 min
On Writing Grief (part 2): An Impending Death
She said I had acted very maturely and was handling it well. But oh I wasn't handling it well. I only knew how to lie was all.
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effiejoestock
- Dec 26, 2020
- 2 min
On Writing Grief (part 1): Introduction
I think it is important to speak of grief as we experience it—as a piece of life. It comes to us as a story.
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