Last year, when I did NaNoWriMo. It was a crazy busy month. But...somehow, I made it through. I won NaNo on my first try. Somehow. While barrelling through that month, I learned a few things.Continue Reading
Essentially, the seven sentence story is a plotting exercise to help you get the framework of your story down. It's the main events of your story stripped of all the extra stuff that make something exciting to read. Then, once you have the seven sentences outlining your main events, you can fill in all the details and make a complete story, or even novel!Continue Reading
I've now been a participant in a Live Action Slush and not just an observer. I've learned some new things. I want to share them with you, and hope that these ideas will make our writing (and our reading), even better.Continue Reading
Last night, when my friends and I left When Words Collide, we were exhausted. Inspired, yes. Full to the brim with ideas and tips to make our writing better, yes. But also, physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausted. To be honest, I’m still feeling pretty wiped. On Friday, I posted about how to survive a writing […]Continue Reading
I'm going to When Words Collide this weekend! If you've ever been to a conference, you know they're marathons, not sprints. I know, cliche alert. But it's true. Nearly three days of constant panels, some that start early, some that go quite late, with no real meal breaks (unless you want to miss panels and why would you want to do that?!). It's exhausting. Wonderful. But exhaustingContinue Reading
I'm four days into my first every Camp NaNoWriMo and all I want to do is read.
Writing is hard. Super hard.
And having a challenge and the accountability of NaNo is so, so important. Especially for me. I'm a serial starter. Continue Reading
We’ve all heard that speaker that was so boring or confusing that our brains have shut off before they’ve even finished their introductory paragraph. Think about it. You probably won’t remember anything they talked about. But you will remember that they seemed awkward or weird or just plain confusing. While they were speaking, you check […]Continue Reading
Last summer I went to my very first writing conference. It was a fabulous three days of panels, discussions and workshops on reading, writing, and editing.
My favourite sessions at this conference were the live action slush piles.Continue Reading
If you’re reading this you either read or write and are interested in how people use words. You might be a read a lot and write a little. You might read a little and write a lot.
It doesn’t matter what you write–you can use these tips to make your second draft cleaner, more persuasive, more entertaining writing.Continue Reading
Earlier this week, my boss sent the link to this fabulous infographic to our office.
I fell in love with it instantly.
If you've spent any time on my blog or talked with me about writing you'll know that I've developed quite the passion for plain language.Continue Reading
About Trisha
Trisha Jenn Loehr
Reader. Writer. Editor.I've been a book lover since I started deciphering words as a toddler. Now, I'm a reader, a writer, and an editor. This blog is a place to discuss books and life and all that those two entail.
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