Karina Sanchez

Hey Hannah! Glad you dropped by again! 🙂 Those are really cool names— I especially like Hirrador Chardragon and Terrowin. Let me guess— fantasy? 😉

Actually @Ivy-Rose I’ve never counted— I probably should. 😛

But it depends very heavily— sometimes I can’t even break past a thousand in one night, but last night, which was a fairly good night, I got 1,670. Saturdays I usually get a whole chapter down— and my chapters are really long. Like, 4,635 words. *cringe* I know. I need to trim my…[Read more]

twitter, articles on twitter, snacks

I’m getting depressed.

My next topic of research is going to be developing good writing habits and writing faster and more. That will be the ultimate procrastination excuse.

A little cinnamon, some cloves, nutmeg – you too can become a word chef.

*smacks lips* Delicious!
Actually, I was flattered you’d attribute such a deep thought to me. 😉 😛

Yes. @Daeus said it all. 😛

Also getting caught up reading articles I pulled up so I could check the reality of something I just wrote… or checking my dad’s Twitter account… or looking up images for a castle or a sword or a really cool costume. Anything cool and interesting, in fact. 😛

Reading bookbub articles, refreshing the helping writers become authors page, and doing this.

Yeah, I took the liberty to put words in your mouth. Hopefully they tasted good.

@Bluejay— great so far! The only thing I would say is watch out for subject-openers— every sentence in your beginning paragraph starts with the subject, and that can get to sounding a little odd. You might try merging some of those sentences together just to vary the rhythm.

@Daeus… well, that’s not quite exactly what I was saying… you…[Read more]

@bluejay

To interpret Kate into modern english, what she said is to envelop yourself in poetry until it takes over your brain and you begin to think poetically. Poetry is really a great foundation for prose. Seriously. Get a book on poetry (The Roar On The Other Side) and some poetry books. Find a corner and read. It will be the most bestistest…[Read more]

Hey, that’s a really fun story idea! *applauds* Go for it— I’m behind you all the way. 😀

Yes, I like making up little chill-inducing lines like that. You might say it’s a hobby. 😉

So glad I was able to help!

Oh, and as for suggestions, how about this?
Write a medieval story from the perspective of a highly unpopular king’s poison-checker.
Write a western from the perspective of the villain’s pet horned toad who lives in the pocket of his master’s vest.
Write a futuristic story from the perspective of the security cameras all over the city— better…[Read more]

Actually @bluejay, my problem is not being unable to think of story ideas, but just the opposite! I see story ideas everywhere— in faces, in old buildings, in trees, in clouds, in poems, in blobs of paint stuck on a canvas. As @Daeus said, I

let my brain particles loose to search the universe for any possibilities and then have them come back…

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@rolena-hatfield

Steal anything you want unless I claim it.

I am looking forward to Great Poem 2 – The Rise of the Revision

I don’t have writer’s block either. I create my own writer’s block. I know, I shouldn’t, but I do. I never have any problem with figuring out what to write. I just pace around and let my brain particles loose to search the universe for any possibilities and then have them come back with solutions. The bigger the problem, the longer it takes, but…[Read more]

I don’t. Seriously, I don’t. At least not majorly. There have been times when I was having difficulty remembering why I had found a particular scene so inspiring and exciting, but never actually have I had a bad case of real writer’s block.

Sometimes when I’m having difficulty with inspiration, though, I’ll switch to a different project for a…[Read more]

Morning. I am a morning person. Ask anybody.

But even more than that, I write best when I plan to write. If I decided such a day wouldn’t be good to write, and then that changed, I wouldn’t do it. But if I decided to do it, chances are I will. The thing now is I need to learn to plan to write more.

I do 7pm to 10pm on weekdays, and all day Saturday since Saturday is seldom very busy for us as a family. 🙂

Oh! Okay, yes, that’s hilarious! Maybe just insert a little explanation like that into the story, otherwise it totally goes over the reader’s head. 🙂