#Abbie emmons

[radiantdanvers]

The movie isn't even out yet...

[byoldervine]

How do you format a book?

I’m still on my first draft so I’m not at that point with my work yet, but I’ll refer you to Abbie Emmons’ video on the subject - she also has a lot of other great writing tips if that helps!

[author-a-holmes]

Happy STS! If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be?

If I could tell my younger self anything, it would be that the key to outlining and worldbuilding is to ask myself the question "Why Does It Matter?" Because if it doesn't matter to the character and the plot, then I'm wasting my time worldbuilding it, and I'm just procrastinating.

There were many years there where I would spend so much time and energy worldbuilding and plotting, that by the time I began writing a story I was bored of it. That stopped me making good progress on my stories for years.

It wasn't until I stumbled over Abbie Emmons on youtube that I first heard someone talk about worldbuilding in that way and it really unlocked the key to the whole process for me.

So if I could have learnt to look at it that way much earlier, I can't even thing about how much forward progress I might have made just a little earlier.

[onigiri-dorkk]

“My writing is either great, or it is making me great. There is no bad writing. Every time you sit down and practice your art, that practice is not wasted. It does not matter if you’re not proud of it, or if you’re not happy about how it came out — that’s okay! It is not wasted because it has brought you experience.” —Abbie Emmons

[penspagesandpulses]

Rating books by their huggableness

I’m a book hugger. Whenever I’m upset, I will hug the nearest book. Why? For one, it is more socially acceptable to bring a book to school than your favorite teddy bear or baby doll. Also, there are a surprising number of people who aren’t willing to give hugs to those in need, so hugging books can help in case of hugging emergency! In my experience, some books are more huggable than others, and…

[rightwriter]

Calling all romance writers! Abbie Emmons has some tips for you :D

[roserida-manorgee]

Etrit's Internal Conflict

So, I've been watching a lot of Abbie Emmons's videos (shout out to her because I absolutely freakin' love her content!), and I've struggled in trying to write the perfect internal conflict (desire, fear, and misbelief) for my main character's (Etrit) internal conflict for about 2 months. I refused to start writing my book without knowing that I feel comfortable with my character's internal conflict and that it fits well with my side characters.

I've re-watched Abbie's "What's the Difference between Fear and Misbelief?" video several times. She explains really well. I've had to physically take down notes of the examples she uses.

It wasn't until today that I found the internal conflict that I wanted. I must've rewritten his internal conflict about 5 times (while also writing my side characters' internal conflicts). That's why I was trying to have Etrit and my side characters fit together. And a theme that I wanted to say.

I find it best for myself to figure things out in this order: Desire, Fear, Misbelief, Theme.

Just so you know, I plan to introduce one of my side characters this Sunday. I'm excited to introduce her. I'm excited to introduce all of them really. I love all of them. It's hard to pick a favorite, but I know Etrit is my baby.

[myheartbelongstogilbertblythe]

Guess what just came in the mail??!! She's one of my fave writer YouTubers and she's an indie author! So support indie authors! Also can we talk about how much I love this cover? It's so good! And I love how the paper cover feels in my hands. I love paperback books like that. It's just. so. satisfying.

Anyway so I'll be staying up later than usual reading this tonight.

[allthefoolmine]

#1000wordsofsummer, day 2 (02/06/24)

1000 words of summer, for anybody who doesn’t know it, is a writing challenge founded and run by a novelist named Jami Attenberg. It involves writing 1000 words a day for the first two weeks of June.

I’m going to be posting about each day of the challenge, with my own work in the spotlight on odd days and a recommendation for something that helps me write on even days.

Today’s Recommendation

Abbie Emmons’ immersive writing session videos on YouTube are super fun! so far I have especially enjoyed the “fantasy castle” one.

Update

Fight Princesses and Rescue Dragons is 1312 words longer.

The bottom line

Veel success and good luck to everyone taking part in 1000 words 2024! Over the next two weeks I’m going to try to find anybody else who’s posting on Tumblr about this and cheer you on.

In the meantime, you’ve got this, you’re doing great.

[lostinsantacarla]

WRiting Goals 2024

Happy New Year! I’ve been following Abbie Emmons on Youtube for awhile because she has some amazing, inspirational how to videos on writing. They are easy to follow and fun. I love her personality, magnetism and optimism when it comes to managing writing success. Her teachings have helped me with story structure and character development, especially where backstory is concerned. Recently, she…

[shopgirl724]

Sun Light

I am listening to a new audiobook called “100 days of Sun Light” written by Abbie Emmons. I’m enjoying the book and she is a good author, I heard about the book through her YouTube channel, where she posts videos about writing. The story is about a young woman who hits her head and temporarily is blind. With help writing her blog a boy her age comes into her life but of course she can’t see he…

[sea-dwelling-wizard]

GUESS WHO JUST FINISHED PLOTTING BENEATH THE WAVES WOOT WOOT

I JUST NEED TO OUTLINE NOWWWW

AND EDIT THE PLOT

BUT THE POINT IS

I HAVE A STRUCTURE TO WRITE AROUND NOWWWWWW

[byoldervine]

This is the writing sprint video I like to use during my writing sessions. It’s split into four parts that last thirty minutes each; twenty-five minutes of writing and a five minute break. I find it helps to keep me focused and to make myself keep going when I can see I only have to do it for X amount of minutes before I can take a break

[mzannthropy]

I don't want a prince charming to rescue me. I want a hot villain to take me to the dark side.

[uniformbravo]

if the nanowrimo word goal was 30,737 i simply would have won

[deception-united]

Online Writing Resources #2

Vocabulary:

Tip of My Tongue: I find this very helpful when I can't think of a specific word I'm looking for. Which is often.

WordHippo: As well as a thesaurus, this website also provides antonyms, definitions, rhymes, sentences that use a particular word, translations, pronunciations, and word forms.

OneLook: Find definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and related words. Allows you to search in specific categories.

YourDictionary: This website is a dictionary and thesaurus, and helps with grammar, vocabulary, and usage.

Information/Research:

Crime Reads: Covers crime and thriller movies, books, and TV shows. Great inspiration before writing a crime scene or story in this genre.

Havocscope: Black market information, including pricing, market value, and sources.

Climate Comparison: Compares the climates of two countries, or parts of the country, with each other.

Food Timeline: Centuries worth of information about food, and what people ate in different time periods.

Refseek: Information about literally anything. Provides links to other sources relevant to your search.

Perplexity AI: Uses information from the internet to answer any questions you have, summarises the key points, suggests relevant or similar searches, and links the sources used.

Planning/Worldbuilding:

One Stop for Writers: Literally everything a writer could need, all in one place: description thesaurus, character builder, story maps, scene maps, timelines, worldbuilding surveys, idea generators, templates, tutorials... all of it.

World Anvil: Provides worldbuilding templates and lets you create interactive maps, chronicles, timelines, whiteboards, family trees, charts, and interactive tables. May be a bit complicated to navigate at first, but the features are incredibly useful.

Inkarnate: This is a fantasy map maker where you can make maps for your world, regions, cities, interiors, or battles.

Miscellaneous:

750words: Helps build the habit of writing daily (about three pages). Fully private. It also tracks your progress and mindset while writing.

BetaBooks: Allows you to share your manuscript with your beta readers. You can see who is reading, how far they've read, and feedback.

Readable: Helps you to measure and improve the readability of your writing and make readers more engaged.

ZenPen: A minimalist writing page that blocks any distractions and helps improve your focus. You can make it full screen, invert the colours, and set a word count goal.

QueryTracker: Helps you find a literary agent for your book.

Lulu: Self-publish your book!

See my previous post with more:

Drop any other resources you like to use in the comments! Happy writing ❤

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