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My Musical Choices for Writing Silence is golden as the saying goes. And sometimes the best way to unleash your imagination is by total focus on how the words sound inside your mind. But if silence isn’t enough to spur your enthusiasm onwards… Cinematic epic scores like Lord of the Rings for battle scenes or…

There is a huge spectrum of fans for a book series. You have those who hold the book series on a pedestal and call it canon and any movie that dares to ruin this perfect image you have in your head is basically blasphemy. You have the fans who never read the books, watch the…

Well, do you?   Subconsciously or consciously, the main characters of a writer’s novel tend to reflect what’s going on inside that writer’s head. It just sort of happens that way. Coming from a multicultural background, I like to throw in various references from my mother’s kitchen/ the Indonesian language because I feel Indonesia isn’t…

            I’ve personally done it both ways. And multiple other authors have, as well. I have a couple of observations on the pros and cons for both scenarios, and it’s one person’s observation, so bear with me. But this is what I’ve come up with after trying out both ways with separate WIPs (works in…

Writers enjoy romanticizing things. It’s usually one of the reasons we become writers, to make up stories that provide feelings of experience. It doesn’t have to be entirely the truth or entirely a lie. Sometimes stories become a happy medium between the two, a little bit of exaggeration in order to portray one’s feelings instead…

1.      You find yourself on YouTube watching one video…and then another…and another…and— 2.      You promise yourself just one episode on Netflix this time. Just one, you SWEAR it. 3.      You find that going to bed extremely late is a lot more common than being an early riser. 4.      You and three A.M. are very close…

      It’s really not that bad to be the one who doesn’t raise their hand in class, the one who sits back and watches and patiently waits until the room is dead quiet to choose to speak or not speak after all. It’s really not that bad to be the person who chooses to not…

            When summer comes, it’s easy for us all to fall into the trap of thinking, “Oh, I’ll just do it tomorrow.” The days get warmer, the outside doesn’t look like a snow-ridden zombie Apocalypse wasteland, and the pool is finally open. But the work of a writer is never ending. And, before you know…

Writer’s block makes the whole writing process seem nearly impossible. I know I can’t write about the fool proof way to prevent it. Sometimes life just happens. But here are some tips on how to keep writer’s block outside of your life from personal experience. Keep a writing journal to go back to with all your…

You are almost at the end of your manuscript. You are just beginning. You are in the middle with tons of pages behind you and a blank script in front. You have so many possibilities still there. You can reach them all if you just let the words come forth from you. Let your mind…