Since July 2015, I’ve hosted WIP Wednesday on this blog. It’s been a place where I share an excerpt of something rough I’m working on…and others have done the same in the comments section. WIP Wednesday has meant so much to me. I’ve set the past WIP Wednesday posts to private, but WIP Wednesday, held on the first Wednesday of
Author: Bryn Donovan
I thought it would be fun to do a post about how to describe a beach in a story, especially since summer is here! I love doing these “master lists for writers” posts, and I hadn’t done one in a while. Bookmark it or pin it on Pinterest for future reference! If you’re writing a
I made a life goals list with 100 items in the early days of this blog. Of course, whenever we make elaborate plans, we know they may be thwarted by plot twists— which is why some of us wouldn’t make a life goals list in the first place! I’ve had my share of plot twists, for sure, and right now
Hey friends! It’s another WIP Wednesday! Sorry I missed last month! For the uninitiated, WIP Wednesday is usually on the first Wednesday of every month, and it’s when I share an excerpt of what I’m working on and invite you to do the same in the comments section. Remember, it’s “in progress,” so it’s just fine if it’s
Revolt Against The New Conformity Let’s talk about how to be outliers (and who knows—maybe start the big cultural movement of the 2020s.) Last week I wrote about The New Conformity—the alarming and depressing sameness of thought and style driven by social media giants and enabled more and more by AI. This conformity goes far beyond any idea of
Social media algorithms, aided by AI, are creating an unprecedented level of groupthink. Well friends, I usually blog about the positive and the practical, but today I’m writing a long post about something I feel very strongly about. You can read about practical and positive reactions to all this in my post, “How to Be an Outlier.” I’ve been thinking
People have asked me for a list of angry expressions and angry body language ever since I put up my big, general List of Facial Expressions and List of Body Language and Gestures posts…in other words, for years and years! Now that I have my pretty blog theme, it’s a lot easier to share visual examples. I developed this post