We all love memes, right? Nothing quite captures a moment like a still image with funny text. (Or moving if you prefer the gif variety). We decided to share our favorite writing memes with you today. J This is a classic meme for so many things, but it really hits the nail on the head for our adventures in editing of late. I think about our characters A LOT. Ponder scenarios and how they’d respond, imagine what they’d be like IRL. And, if you’ve kept up with our posts about crushes, you know that sometimes we’d like them to be thinking about us, too. AndRead More →

Everyone has it – some tid bit of knowledge they would like to pass on to help you. However, not all advise is… of the same quality. J & K think back to the best and worst pieces of advise they’ve received about writing. Best Advise J: I default to a (paraphrased) line from the Sister Act 2: “If you wake up in the morning and all you can think about is singing, you’re a singer.” I wake up in the morning and think about writing–and the foodstuffs of writing like far off worlds, spaceships, characters, etc. So, guess I’m a writer. K: For me,Read More →

Kristina read an exercise in a How to Write book that went something like this: “How do you define a story? There’s no right or wrong answer. What makes a good story to you? After you’ve written it down, read it. Does your writing fit your definition? If not, why are you writing?” Both of us could write paragraphs on the topic, but below are the short versions. What a story is to Kristina.  A story is a portal through which the reader may choose to step, finding the same words that have been used by countless others for centuries arranged in such a wayRead More →