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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?
effiejoestock
Feb 13, 20238 min read
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.
effiejoestock
Feb 4, 20233 min read
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
effiejoestock
Jan 28, 20233 min read
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
effiejoestock
Jan 21, 20234 min read
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 ...
effiejoestock
Jan 14, 20233 min read
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.
effiejoestock
Sep 22, 20224 min read
Non-disclosure Agreements
What are Non-Disclosure Agreements and why should you use them?
Copy and use my beta reader agreement!
effiejoestock
Aug 24, 20213 min read
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...
effiejoestock
Aug 23, 20212 min read
What is Beta Reading?
The purpose of beta reading? For a manuscript to be read and evaluated by standard readers.
effiejoestock
Aug 22, 20214 min read
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!
effiejoestock
May 30, 20212 min read
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.
effiejoestock
Feb 10, 20216 min read
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.
effiejoestock
Feb 6, 202113 min read
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.
effiejoestock
Jan 30, 20219 min read
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.
effiejoestock
Jan 23, 202111 min read
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.
effiejoestock
Jan 16, 202111 min read
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.
effiejoestock
Jan 9, 202112 min read
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.
effiejoestock
Jan 2, 20216 min read
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.
effiejoestock
Dec 26, 20202 min read
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