I recently had the opportunity to guest write for HannahLinderBooks.com. To read the full article click the link at the bottom! A key component of fiction writing is the ability to create vivid, descriptive settings that form life-like worlds inside your reader’s minds. Without a grounded setting, characters exist in a fictional white space, preventing...
Allowing yourself to enjoy the process of creating is one of the best gifts you can give yourself. I am the first to admit that this concept is sometimes difficult to follow. When I have my eye on the result and it’s not being achieved as fast as I want, I get frustrated. In times...
‘Flash Fiction’, (sometimes referred to as a short-short story), doesn’t have a set definition, but is generally considered to be a piece of fiction consisting of a thousand words or less. Certain publications of this medium are even more conservative with the word count, hugging closer to the five-hundred word mark. The word count may...
Hear me out on this. With the NFL in full swing, I, along with millions of others around the world, have plunged into the uncertain waters of fantasy football. For those not familiar with this “sport”, fantasy football is a competition in which participants draft “teams” from among the players in the NFL and...
On July 3 of this year, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton landed on Disney+, allowing audiences around the world to enjoy the hit musical for the first time. There are many reasons why this production, based on the life of one of America’s often overlooked founding fathers, achieved such massive success. Though its easy to acknowledge the...
Today we are fortunate enough to have a guest post from Desiree Villena. Hope you all enjoy these useful tips and tricks to maximize your writing output! 5 Tricks to Write More Every Writing Session Is there anything more daunting than sitting down at your laptop to write, weighed down by the knowledge that you...
If there’s one thing I love as a writer, it’s scintillating dialogue. Perhaps this is because it’s so difficult to come by. With so much emphasis placed on character and story, dialogue is often reduced to nothing more than a tool to communicate information. When constructed correctly however, dialogue not only enhances story, but can...
There are two things you should know before you read this analysis. First off, this is a review of the novel Ready: Player One, not the film. As of yet, I have not seen the movie. Second of all, I am breaking this review into two separate parts. As a Christian fiction writer, I...
Voltampsreactive is happy to welcome Audrey Bodine as today’s guest writer. Audrey is an aspiring writer who’s work can be found on her own blog, audreybodineauthor.wordpress.com. Five Steps to Improve Your Writing Reading Whether it’s a pamphlet for self-tying shoes or the latest biography on the market, reading is an invaluable resource for writers....
What do you do when you get writer’s block? What they say: I take a step back, evaluate where I am, and allow myself to see the big picture. What they think: Stare at the ceiling. Watch Netflix. Cry. Is this character based on me? What they say: Haha. Was it that obvious? What they...
