Improving My Craft

World Building, Outlining, and Fixing What’s Broken

I'm a new enough writer that the idea of "do what works for you" makes my eyes go blank and my jaw start to sag. I don't know what works for me. Does flying by the seat of my pants (a.k.a. pantsing) work best? How about outlining? What kind of outlining? How detailed is too… Continue reading World Building, Outlining, and Fixing What’s Broken

Improving My Craft

A Look Back at 2015

What is it they say about resolutions? Resolutions are made to be broken? No actually, I've no idea what they say about resolutions or who exactly "they" are. I just know that in all my life, I've never once kept a New Year's resolution. Except for 2015. This was, apparently, a good year for goal… Continue reading A Look Back at 2015