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How To Write A Novel When You Feel Like You Can’t

Or How I Turned The Wizards In My Head Into Words

About Me

I’ve always wanted to write a novel but never felt capable. Here’s why.

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The Beginning

Every good story has a beginning. This is how my idea became something more.

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The Side Quests

My other writing projects I started, and occasionally finished, along the way.

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The Journey

  • Becoming An Ideas Factory

    The first topic of discussion was idea generation, and this has always been a weak point for me. I want to write but finding things to write about? That’s the hard part. In the past, I’ve used methods like mindmapping, which involves just writing things down in a giant spider…

  • High School Never Ends

    Taking A Creative Writing Course Going back into a classroom as an adult was an odd experience. As a 40-something woman, it’s been a minute since I’ve been inside an educational institute. Given that schools have rarely held happy memories for me, thanks to years of bullying and struggles, in…