• Writing

    4 Steps to Writing Better Facial Expressions

    Are you having trouble writing facial expressions? Then, you’ve come to the right place! This blog will teach you all the tools you’ll need to write eye-catching, believable expressions. Today, I’m walking you through my 4 tips to do just that. Tip #1: SHOW DON’T TELL NO: She smiled. He laughed. They cried.  There’s a time and place for those short descriptions but let’s be honest: those descriptions are BORING. Readers don’t need or want you to TELL them that your characters did these things. Readers want you to SHOW them these things. Instead of simply saying “she smiled”, show us what the rest of her expression did. For example:…

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    Your Creativity is HERE for a Reason

    You and your beautiful creativity have landed on my page. You are here for a reason. Our paths have crossed and there is no undoing that wondrous fate. The challenges that come with being a creative are some that I know all too well. Feelings of not being good enough, feelings surrounding the fact that someone has already written it, drawn it, or created it so WHAT’S THE POINT in sharing your own creativity? I’ll tell you what the point is. THERE IS NO OTHER YOU. YOU are the only one who can write the story. YOU are the only one who can build that world just as it is.…