Two new journal pages inspired by The Temperament God Gave You by Art and Laraine Bennett. I'm not usually one for self-help books, but this one provided the best explanation and insight into the four temperaments that I've encountered. Keep in mind this is a simplified version of the temperaments, but for me starting simple before diving into details is a lot less overwhelming (can you tell I'm phlegmatic?). A fun exercise I did was go through the characters in The Other Si

For St. Nicholas’ day, I got a set of writing dice in my stocking! I've always been curious how they work, and I was pleasantly surprised by how well-crafted they were. I like how the different prompts fit together without being too specific, and I will definitely be using them when I need to procrastinate! Here are some story rolls I made for fun, with some extra character rolls to add in at the end. I’d love to hear your takes on the prompts in the comments! Story 1 A Stubb

Trello is a free tool that uses boards, lists, and cards to organize ideas (not sponsored, but highly recommended). I've been using Trello to organize ideas and projects for a while, but I recently discovered how useful it is for revising a plot. A while back, I realized I needed to take out one of the characters in my WIP The Other Side of the Rainbow. More recently, I decided to rewrite the entire thing, but I still needed to figure out how to take out the character. I want

I tend to overthink things. So when I attended a talk on character archetypes at the Young Writer Retreat, I was extremely grateful for...