Friday, July 31, 2015

Writing Aid Charts

Hello, world!

Many of my readers have been *ahem* hinting that they want to hear more about how Book Three of the Abecedarian Series is coming along. Unfortunately, I can't promise that it will be finished by Christmas this year. But I've said that in the past and God has surprised me, so we'll see what happens. I can promise I am still working on it, and you haven't heard the last of Maia and Rike.

As of the publishing of this post, I'm in the middle of an insane yearly project called Scandinavian Festival Sewing.  So, once again, all I can offer for your reading pleasure is a list of charts; but I do believe you will find these charts interesting — especially if you're another writer. Just like last time, I'd like to thank the Writer's Circle on Facebook for delivering these gems to my news-feed.



Elements of Culture




Limits of the Human Body
Just in case your character loses a limb or gets trapped inside an air-tight cave.
Not that I'd ever let that happen...
*evil laughter*





Emotion Body Language
Because characters can only pace the floor and wring their hands for so long before the story sounds like cheesy Shakespeare fan-fiction.





Once Removed Chart
The concept still doesn't make perfect sense to me, but someday I'm going to need this for another story idea.


















Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Word Nerd Charts

Hello, everyone. Life has been insanely busy lately, so I haven't really done anything I can blog about in the last few weeks. Homework has been replaced with a comfortable routine of writing, sewing Scandinavian costumes for my dance group, and hanging out with friends. However, I also promised myself that I wasn't going to completely neglect this blog during summer vacation.

I "liked" The Writer's Circle on Facebook, so I get lots of helpful, inspirational updates in my newsfeed. Lately, they've been sharing several vocabulary charts that I find helpful when editing for grammar and word redundancy. Someday I'd like to print them all out and hang them up in my dream library/office, but, for now, I'll just share them with you. If you like to write, or if you just like words, maybe you'll find them helpful and inspiring as well.

Enjoy!