Your Big Creative Life

Worldbuilding is the process of creating an imaginary world in your novel (usually in speculative fiction like fantasy or sci-fi.) It can include your world's culture, languages, geography, government...

14 Helmi 202318min

Sometimes you just need a boost of tough love to get you over the hurdle of editing your book. Hear 3 pieces of tough love advice when you need to edit your book and just don't have the motivation to ...

7 Helmi 202311min

Writing sprints are going to be your new writing secret weapon! This practice has completely transformed my writing life. This episode covers why sprints are so helpful, how to set up a writing sprint...

31 Tammi 202316min

This most recent round of revision I did on my book was incredibly challenging. It forced me to confront my fears and deeply ingrained self-doubt, and I learned a lot in the process. In this week's ep...

24 Tammi 202329min

Dialogue functions as a tool to understand characters, create tension, further the plot, express conflict, and more. And it's important to create dialogue that sounds realistic and authentic for your ...

17 Tammi 202314min

You've done the prep work, you've got the idea, the blank Word document is open... now what?! This week, we're talking about how to actually start writing your book.  - Click here for ways to work wit...

10 Tammi 202319min

What should you do before you actually start writing your book? This episode covers 5 things to do, including decisions to make and what steps to take before you put pen to paper.  - Check out The Wri...

3 Tammi 202312min

If you set New Year's resolutions (or if you want to start making resolutions), this episode is for you. We cover goal setting vs. intention setting and how to set resolutions that you'll actually ach...

27 Joulu 202221min