K.L. Wightman Archives - Page 9 of 41

5 Ways To Know You’ll Stick to Your New Year’s Resolution

You have a decision to make: should you embark on a New Year’s resolution this year or sit this one out?

Whatever Happened To Myspace?

Ah, the early 2000s. The dawn of the new millennium brought us trends like peasant tops and cargo pants, emo rock and boy bands, TRL and AIM, and cell phones that were basically just phones.…

Every Way You Can Correctly Use a Question Mark

Yes, I wrote an entire blog post about how to use a question mark and it wasn’t a waste of my time. Because, in truth, we all are afraid to ask our friends and peers…

We’ve reached the final stretch! After a week of holiday meals and family gatherings, the odds were stacked against me to stay on track with my National Novel Writing Month daily and weekly goals. So,…

My NaNoWriMo: Round 6, Week 3

Week 3 of National Novel Writing Month should feel like I’m closer to the end, but there’s still two weeks left! This week, I returned back to my normal routine but life kept throwing curveballs…

My NaNoWriMo: Round 6, Week 2

Week 2 of National Novel Writing Month—and it already feels like an entire month! This week, I’ve written thousands of words, discovered a writing strategy to keep me on track and am surprised by how…

My NaNoWriMo: Round 6, Week 1

Six years—and here I go again!

How to Add More Scare into Your Story

True fear is hard to convey, especially when writing a scary story. Sure, you can state that your character feels fearful, but fear is an art form better shown than told. And merely repeating the…

5 Things Not to Focus on When Writing Your First Draft

Congratulations! You have decided to embark on writing the first draft of your story. There’s a good chance that you’ve been on this journey before. You tried writing another story that didn’t go as planned.…