Before delving into the actual topic of this post, I have to mention that I edited the previous post about Catalyst Events and Elements yesterday rather than going with 2 separate posts on the same topic as previously planned. So in today’s post, I’m going to share yet another list I had created that aidsContinue reading “Characterisation- Moonlake’s List of Personal Values”
Category Archives: Writer’s Craft
Plotting with Catalyst Events and Elements
Today I’m going to talk about a particular approach to creating plots- the use of catalyst events and elements, which is just my term for any event or element that moves the story along. Normally, the grand skeleton of a story comes to me of their own accords but I find this catalyst event approachContinue reading “Plotting with Catalyst Events and Elements”
Writing Challenges
This is the made-up post that I had promised earlier for the post I had skipped due to sickness. In this post, I’m going to talk about writing challenges. How are these different from writing prompts, you ask? Well, not different at all in essence as they are both meant to spark off ideas. It’sContinue reading “Writing Challenges”
Worldbuilding- Moonlake’s Favourite Elements
This post is somewhat inspired by the post of Berkeley Kerr that I’ve reblogged under this same category some months back but compared to his very extensive article, mine is more modest in scope. I’m merely talking about my favourite elements in world building aka things I like to include whilst building my own fantasyContinue reading “Worldbuilding- Moonlake’s Favourite Elements”
Chinese Lore- Tian Gou (Heavenly Dog)
Physical Description: A fox-like creature whose head is white, said to be originating from a pre-histoical mammal. Lore: Originally seen as an animal that can counter evil, it somehow became the synonym to comets which are seen as bad omen in ancient China. In particular, the Tian Gou eating the Sun or the Moon isContinue reading “Chinese Lore- Tian Gou (Heavenly Dog)”
Chinese lore- Pan Hu
I love lore and myths in general and so I figured that I will start a new series of posts on Chinese lore that I’ve collated and manually translated across to English. My followers and other readers can read it for inspiration or just for entertainment. Anyway, it will be stored under the Inspiration sub-categoryContinue reading “Chinese lore- Pan Hu”
Tricks for overcoming Writer’s Block
I haven’t found much time to write today so today’s post will have to be a shortie. I’ve decided to share some of the tricks I use to overcome the Writer’s Block or being stuck in more general terms. My foremost trick in overcoming Writer’s Block aka perfectionist streak is to always put square bracketsContinue reading “Tricks for overcoming Writer’s Block”
Writer’s Tool: Palm Cards
I am sure that a lot of writers use palm cards as an organisation tool and different people use it in different ways. In this way I’m just discussing my particular usage of them. To be honest, I started using them when I got stuck on a particular scene. I had a gut feeling thatContinue reading “Writer’s Tool: Palm Cards”
Moonlake’s Novel Planning Method
I haven’t shared any writing insights lately because my novel is stagnating a little. But today I’m in the mood to post about writing again. In particular, I would like to share my particular method of novel planning. My current method is actually derived from the following two articles: The Snow Flake method by RandyContinue reading “Moonlake’s Novel Planning Method”
Moonlake’s Writer Home
Since I mentioned it in my last post, I might as well write up where I frequent as a hobby writer, a place that I think of as my virtual home. It might come as a surprise to some but it is neither a writers’ site as people think of it nor someone like WattpadContinue reading “Moonlake’s Writer Home”
Moonlake's Fiction Space 