Bethany’s Best, September Edition: Beta Readers, Gyros, and Stretching

Each month I take a moment to pause and share a few things I’ve found to be helpful and fun along the journey as a busy writer. I hope you find them to be enlightening and encouraging! Article Roundup: Beta Readers I recently wrote about the importance and value of working with beta readers. Getting […]

Bethany’s Best, August Edition: Revisions, Beets, and Deep Breathing

Each month I take a moment to pause and share a few things I’ve found to be helpful and fun along the journey as a busy writer. I hope you find them to be enlightening and encouraging! Article Roundup: Revisions I recently wrote about the importance of revisions. Revisions can be a bit intimidating at […]

Bethany’s Best, July Edition: Blogging, Lemon Pie, and Music

Each month I take a moment to pause and share a few things I’ve found to be helpful and fun along the journey as a busy writer. I hope you find them to be enlightening and encouraging! Article Roundup: Blogging These days it’s pretty common for writers to have some sort of a website or blog […]

Bethany’s Best: Villains, Dr Seuss, and Some Sunshine

Each month I take a moment to pause and share a few things I’ve found to be helpful and fun along the journey as a busy writer. I hope you find them to be enlightening and encouraging! Article Roundup: Villains No story would be complete without its villain! In fact, the strength of a story’s […]

Bethany’s Best: Writing Conflict, Cooking Vegetables, and Taking Naps

Bethany’s Best: Creating Conflict, Cooking Vegetables, and Taking Naps

Each month I take a moment to pause and share a few things I’ve found to be helpful and fun along the journey as a busy writer. I hope you find them to be enlightening and encouraging! Article Roundup: Creating Conflict Conflict is what adds excitement and purpose to our stories and keeps readers engaged. […]

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Bethany’s Best: Worldbuilding, Hydration, and a Cute Puppy

Each month I take a moment to pause and share a few things I’ve found to be helpful and fun along the journey as a busy writer. I hope you find them to be enlightening and encouraging! Awesome Articles: Worldbuilding Worldbuilding is when we create a fictional setting for our story. This is especially important for […]

Bethany’s Best: Character Arcs, Feminist Teenagers, and Tortilla Soup

We’re all on this writing journey together! Each month I take a moment to pause and share things I’ve found to be helpful and fun along the adventure as a busy writer. I hope you find them to be enlightening and encouraging!   Article Spotlights: Character Arcs The Oxford Living Dictionary defines character arc as “a […]