Recent content by GlitterRain

@DLC, I think it’s really just a way for authors to help readers keep track of all the characters. The series I mentioned above, Warriors, by Erin Hunter, has like 30+ books in it across different arcs, including special editions, field guides, manga, and probably more (that was a good 13+ years...

I don’t think I write anything that would require or warrant that (at least, I haven’t yet), but the Warriors series I loved as a middle schooler did it. It’s almost necessary because there are so many characters. Will I ever do it? Probably not. Do I appreciate it when it’s needed? Very.

Are you killing him off because the story calls for it, or because you hate managing six-person groups, as you said? If it is more the latter then the former, maybe consider a practice run, in a different document, practicing writing your group. Just write out a scene with the six characters...

I started a rewrite of my very first book right before the new year. It’s going okay; I’m almost out of act one. I’m hoping to be done with act one by the end of next week. If I can do that, I will be staying on track with the timeline I set for myself.

I think spending time away from the piece, in combination with continuing to hone your craft (both by actively seeking out new writing knowledge and passively by reading other books similar to what you want to write), is the most surefire way to be able to spot weak points in your own writing...

I recently got a new black Stetson cowboy hat. I have not got a chance to wear it yet (I typically only wear hats if I’m going to be primarily outdoors), but this hat is definitely The One for me.

If it isn't fitting in your current story, but you really love it, you could always take it out, paste it into another document, change up the characters, setting, etc. a little, and rework it into a new story!

I agree that boredom is good for us. I think the ability to be able to pull out your phone at any moment and dissociate into it is unnatural and hurting society. I don’t know if I would say I’m trying to be more “bored,” because daydreaming for me isn’t boring, and that is what always happens...

I finally got the update I have been waiting months for this week. I have one more night on night shift, and then I get two weeks off to adjust! I need to fix my sleep. I don’t anticipate that being super hard; I think I just have to stick to a stringent sleep schedule, not oversleep, and be...

We’re drowning in excess. Excess instant gratification, among it. It makes everything less special. I just had a conversation with my dad about how he planned to watch To Kill a Mockingbird as a kid when it came on the TV twice or so a year (using the TV guidebook), before VHS was a thing. I...

When I was in college, I submitted poems to the college’s literary magazine. There was this one poem that I was so proud of (something to do with a dilapidated single-wide trailer that was very close to my parents house), and I was thinking about it recently. I went into my poems folder on my...

I’m in the camp of focus more on the feelings/emotions than what the characters are physically doing. This is also something that pretty much any author in the YA category is doing when they write these scenes, if you would be interested in some examples. The only time I would consider bringing...

I need relative quiet. I need to be alone, or at least alone in the sense of not knowing anyone else with me in a public place. If I’m around someone I know, they would need to be doing their own quiet thing, something where it is mutual that we would not want to distract each other. Sometimes...

Additionally, handwriting in margins would work. If you need a lot more room to edit, using the back of the page or stapling a blank page to the page in question would work. I think the type of revisions you’re doing is also going to affect how you revise. Developmental edits - you’re...

You absolutely don’t need to know everything about your characters. You can explore your characters as much as you want beyond the basics of what the plot requires. And the more you know doesn’t mean the more will actually be in the story. Think of it as an iceberg. What’s above the water is...