by Jill Williamson | Feb 20, 2019 | Editing, First Drafts, Writing
Generally speaking, the more you write, the stronger your writing becomes. If you’re not studying the craft of what makes writing clean and powerful, however, you could develop poor writing habits, which makes more work for you during the editing stage. So, yes, you...
by Jill Williamson | Feb 13, 2019 | Author Life, First Drafts, Goals, Writing Life
My School Report Well, I’ve done it. I have officially completed my application to grad school. You’re probably like, “Didn’t you already turn in your application?” Yes. Yes I did. But part of my application was passing some tests, and...
by Jill Williamson | Feb 6, 2019 | Writing
*This is a Retro Rewrite of some posts I wrote in 2013 and 2017.How do you come up with names for the characters in your books? Do you make them up on the spot? Do you name them after people you know? There are lots of ways to find lists of first or last names for...
by Jill Williamson | Jan 30, 2019 | Creativity, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
I made a new video! It’s been too long, partly because these videos are super time consuming. First, I must record them. And since I make many mistakes, I have to record several takes. Then I must edit the video into one coherent piece. This is sometimes easier...
by Jill Williamson | Jan 23, 2019 | Goals, Productivity, Writing Life
Last night I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural meeting of the Willamette Writers Vancouver Chapter. Our guest speaker was author Sage Cohen, and she gave us so much wisdom that touched on the things I’ve been writing about this past month, I wanted to...
