I discovered my love for writing in the 4th grade and was fortunate enough to have teachers that really nurtured and used this love to help me succeed. They would take my work and read it, giving me great feedback at the end of each day. They gave us extra credit writing assignments because trust me I needed it. Haha. I wasn't the most focused student growing up. I much preferred reading under my desk and writing in my notebooks over solving equations. Growing up I found that writing was, and still is, my escape from the world. It has been one of the only constants in my life and in a lot of ways it has made me who I am today. Just knowing that at any moment I could escape into a world that I created, where I have total control, helped make the mundane grind of every day just a bit easier. In my life today I have to kinds of writing in my day to day life. My novel, and this very blog.
This blog is a pretty new development and I am still learning what works and what does not work. I am still very much finding my voice on this new platform. What content I enjoy writing about and that people enjoy reading. That is partly why I wanted to do the June with Jess series in the first place. To open this platform up and to allow me space to find what I like to create here. So far my posts here are very free flowing. I don't do a lot of planning or structuring. I am just taking the prompt for the day and seeing where it takes me. I am loving it. With novels I am currently working on a story that I am super excited to share with the world. With its code name being 'Project Voodoo', you can be sure that is encompasses epic magic, far away lands, and creatures unlike anything you have seen before. It is still in the outlining stages but that doesn't make it any less exciting. I am already so in love with my characters and their world that I am just starting to get acquainted with. I am typically a pantser when it comes to writing stories. I like to let the story flow and see where it goes but I tend to get stuck that way. During this round I am using the 'Save the Cat' system and so far I am really enjoying it. Save the Cat is really helping me to dig deeper into my world, characters, plot, and subplots to develop a deeper more well rounded story. So I guess now I would classify myself as a plantser. Planning enough to know the story but loose enough to still have surprises. I am excited to really start off in these journeys and to see where they lead me. For now though, I am just flowing with it and having fun with all I am creating. Are you a writer? How much planning goes into your writing?
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