writing
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Revise With Me: How I’m Fixing my YA Fantasy (Part II)
Previous: Revise With Me: How I’m Fixing my YA Fantasy (Part I) Welcome back to my adventures in revising, or as I’ve fondly been referring to it as, fixing up this goddamn book so it’s readable. This is part 2 of my on-going documentation of the revisions process for “TIGER”, a secondary world fantasy that’s Miyazaki Continue reading
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Revise With Me: How I’m Fixing My YA Fantasy (Part I)
Next: Revise With Me: How I’m Fixing My YA Fantasy (Part II) Today’s thing is going to be a little bit different. My monthly updates are kind of not happening (there’s nothing to say other than my hours got increased, my classes are a mess, and yes, I’m tired all the time, how about you?) Continue reading
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Three Types of Character Conflict and How to Build Stories From Them
The world is in shambles, but I’m still out here…. blogging. Ah, conflict. The crux of every good story also happens to be one of the hardest things to nail when writing, because of course it is. Conflict brings out the best and worst in characters, provides narrative drama and tension, and reflects upon deeper Continue reading
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Why Stories Need Theme
“Themes are for eighth-grade book reports.” – one of the Game of Thrones guys. I don’t know, I didn’t watch it A little while ago, I ran a Twitter poll to see how writers approach theme in their work. (Thank you so much to everyone who voted/boosted!) While this isn’t the most scientifically sound means Continue reading
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Lynn’s Writing Process: Part V: Revising & What to Do Next
Part I: Brainstorms & Bibles Part II: An Outline of How I Outline Part III: Drafting & The Secrets of Time Management Part IV: CPs, Beta Readers, & Alpha Readers After a long, long, long break, here is the fifth and final installment of my writing process series. Am I tired? Yes. Am I running out Continue reading
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Lynn’s Writing Process: Part IV: CPs, Beta Readers, and Alpha Readers
Part I: Brainstorms & Bibles Part II: An Outline of How I Outline Part III: Drafting & The Secrets of Time Management This might be ~controversial~ but I don’t think I would still be writing if it weren’t for the social aspect. I love talking shop with people, I love reading what others have written and sharing Continue reading
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Lynn’s Writing Process: Part III: Drafting & The Secrets of Time Management
Part I: Brainstorms & Bibles (+ story bible template) Part II: An Outline of How I Outline Part IV: CPs, Beta Readers, & Alpha Readers Hello, and welcome back to whatever the hell this is. (It’s a writing process series, Lynn, you know that.) Today’s topic is drafting, aka the Good Bit, aka the Bane Continue reading
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Lynn’s Writing Process: Part II: An Outline of How I Outline
Part I: Brainstorms & Bibles [+ story bible template] Part III: Drafting & The Secrets of Time Management Part IV: CPs, Beta Readers, & Alpha Readers Hello, and welcome to my Youtube channel, except it’s not Youtube, it’s far worse. It’s reading. Anyway, STORYTIME: When I was 9 or 10, I started writing a serialized Continue reading
“The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Currently writing
- MOTHSBLOOD: dark academia fantasy (coming fall 2026)
- Proj. CRYPTS: gothic fantasy
lynn d. jung 