Guest Post: Character Motivation: The Why of Your Story from Hannah Ruth Johnson

Hey everyone! Today, I'm SO EXCITED to share with you this guest post from Hannah Ruth Johnson over at Faith, Fiction, & Fairytales. Last year, Hannah Ruth had a great series of posts about character motivations (which you can find HERE!) which I absolutely loved, so when she offered to write a guest post for … Continue reading Guest Post: Character Motivation: The Why of Your Story from Hannah Ruth Johnson →

The Art of Critiquing Part 2: The Critiquer

Hey everyone! I'm back with part two of The Art of Critiquing, focusing on Critiquers, and how to handle authors from this side of the story (pun entirely intended). As I mentioned in the last post, I’ve been on all sides of this activity, and I've actually had more issues as a critiquer with authors … Continue reading The Art of Critiquing Part 2: The Critiquer →

The Art of Critiquing Part 1: The Author

Hey everyone! Things have been pretty chaotic around here, thus the slowing down of my posts. I've had some life changes which have resulted in some schedule changes, so I'm still trying to get into a new swing here. Anyway, today's post is going to be on critiquing. You know, that tricky activity where you, … Continue reading The Art of Critiquing Part 1: The Author →

16 Personalities: Writing an ESFP Character

Here we are with the seventh of our Writing Personalities posts highlighting the ESFP! This type is quite interesting to me because, as an INTJ, they are my exact opposite. I don't actually know anyone personally with this type, so if you are this type and see that I’ve gotten anything wrong, please comment it … Continue reading 16 Personalities: Writing an ESFP Character →

4 Ways to Find Writing Inspiration

A couple of years ago, I wrote a post called "How to Get Ideas for a Story" (which you can find here). And while looking over it I saw that, while I had mentioned four ways to get ideas (through praying, plotting worksheets, and through characters/plot lines in other books/movies) I left out several other … Continue reading 4 Ways to Find Writing Inspiration →

16 Personalities: Writing an INFJ Character

I apologize for the lateness of this post. Some family issues have been keeping me busy, so I may be a little slow on getting these out for a bit. But, here we are, with the sixth of our Writing Personalities posts, highlighting the INFJ! Known as the rarest personality type overall (the INTJ is … Continue reading 16 Personalities: Writing an INFJ Character →

16 Personalities: Writing an ENFP Character

Today is the fifth of our Writing the Personalities posts, spotlighting the ENFP! As an INTJ, I get flocked with XNFPs, and ENFPs can be some of the most complex but fun personality types there are, so I feel like I got a pretty good understanding of this type (especially since I live with one!) … Continue reading 16 Personalities: Writing an ENFP Character →

16 Personalities: Writing an ISTP Character

So starting last week until the second week in May, things are going to be super busy... thus why I forgot to post this last week! My apologies. Today is the fourth of our Writing the 16 Personalities post, this one being on the ISTP! I will admit, this type is a very unique type … Continue reading 16 Personalities: Writing an ISTP Character →

16 Personalities: Writing an ISFJ Character

I am back with the third of our Writing the 16 Personalities series, and today's personality is the ISFJ. This is one of my favorites, since my mom is this personality, and these characters can be some of the sweetest and most fun to write. Again, as a reminder, the disclaimer. Every person is a … Continue reading 16 Personalities: Writing an ISFJ Character →

16 Personalities: Writing an INFP Character

I am back with the second of our Writing the 16 Personalities series posts, and as you can see, today we are spotlighting the INFP! Again, as a reminder, the disclaimer. Every person is a unique and different, therefore the things I post in here may not, and probably will not apply to ever single … Continue reading 16 Personalities: Writing an INFP Character →