Y’all, I missed some questions! With apologies to Shivani (whose blog you should definitely visit!), I’m answering them now. Because they’re good questions. 😊
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When writing a story, what’s the first thing you take care of?
It varies. Sometimes a voice will come to me first and I’ll start with a character, and sometimes, I’ll have a setting in mind. It just depends on what kind of mood I’m in that day and what’s standing out most to me. That being said, the first thing I usually do when I sit down to write a story is to make myself a cup of coffee (sometimes tea, but usually coffee) and to write a few journal pages, just to get any messy thoughts and anxieties out of my head. I find everything comes out a little more smoothly after that.
How do you decide on a catchy title for a story?
Honestly, I have no idea, and sometimes, I don’t. Choosing a title is sometimes more difficult for me than actually writing the story. It’s usually the last thing I do in the process, and by then, I just hope that the story is good enough. My best advice is probably just to keep it simple. The story’s the real work and the real reward.
EDITED TO ADD:
Are you sure your house isn’t haunted?
LOL, no! It’s almost 3:00 a.m., and I’m still up writing, and the washing machine just turned itself on and off twice in a row. Do you think the ghosts want me to go to bed already so they can do their ghost things before the morning?
Haha thanks for answering my questions,
Even i have great difficulty thinking about the title of the story…and your way of writing stories is great 👏👏👏❤❤❤
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Thank YOU for reading! Sorry I missed them the first time! It was fun to think about them. 🙂
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A spooky interlude. I think writing is a spontaneous process. It’s something you can’t will. It just comes. Thanks for sharing this, Katie. 🙂
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It was spooky, indeed! Little things like that occasionally happen, and I largely ignore them. But I guess I had it on my mind last night!
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Spooky Katie…
LOVE Vani….. Shivani too💖💖❣️ great site❤️❣️
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It was! Stuff like that hardly ever happens, but every few months there’ll be a strange moment. Just part of old house life, I think! And yes, agreed! 🙂
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Sounds like it… whoooo hoooo whoooo hooo.
ta💖ke care
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