Chapter Titles: Are Chapter Names Mandatory?
The "mandatory" first rule of writing is that everything is as mandatory as it is optional. Writers learn the rules so they can break the...
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Karina Sokulski
- Sep 20, 2019
Writing Boot Camp: Building Your Own From Home
Summer is almost over, and autumn is on its way, which means NaNoWriMo is fast approaching. For any novelist, the turn of the season...
Karina Sokulski
- Sep 2, 2019
Secrets & Lies
Not too long ago, I attended a writing class that focused on the interesting subject matter of "secrets and lies" as narrative devices....
Karina Sokulski
- May 30, 2019
Outlining Story Premises (With a Worksheet)
It should come as no surprise at this point that I'm riding the novel writing train with all of these posts about character arcs,...
Karina Sokulski
- Sep 26, 2018
NaNoWriMo Prep: Plan, Tool Kit and Motivation
Next week literally starts off October and I couldn't be more prone to biting at my nails at the thought of November being around the...
Karina Sokulski
- Jul 3, 2018
Writing While On Vacation: Is There Any Time?
Short answer is yes, but it wouldn't be much of a blog post if I ended it with that. Between the air travel, hotel coordination and...
Karina Sokulski
- Jul 3, 2018
Writing Solo: How to Manage Without the Help of Your Critique Group
The summer always comes with vacation plans and millions of excuses to take breaks from regular commitments. I am in a...
Karina Sokulski
- Jun 3, 2018
Stuck in a Slump, the Ways to Cope
I doubt I have to quote this one for you to get the idea. It happens to us all, the dreaded slump, writer's block, lacking in...
Karina Sokulski
- May 1, 2018
Camp NaNoWriMo: April Session's End
That "last day of camp" feeling's always a heavy one. You're packing your things, wondering if you lived it up to the fullest on your way...
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Karina Sokulski
- Apr 29, 2018
Spring Cleaning [Isn't Just for the Home]
Isn't spring just incredible? I certainly think so. One of my favorite quotes is by Marcus Tullius Cicero is, "If you have a library and...
Karina Sokulski
- Dec 5, 2017
The Importance of a Writing Community
You know what's the best about teaching? You, as the teacher, learning something as well. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not a school...
Karina Sokulski
- Aug 22, 2017
Pseudoscience in Fantasy
As I continue trudging on through my first manuscript for my fantasy-horror genre project, I've come into an interesting discovery in my...
Karina Sokulski
- Jul 25, 2017
Learning From the Masters, A.K.A. Your Favorite Authors
Let's go back in time for a second to the first thing you ever wrote as a writer. No, I'm not talking about your first publication and...
Karina Sokulski
- Jul 14, 2017
To Epigraph or Not to Epigraph?
Not too long ago, a much respected fellow writer wrote a blog post on how to write author biographies for their books (link here). Her...
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