For those who have followed me for a while, yes, I’m still on the low energy phase with the WIP. And as the title indicates, this is a post where I will talk about my strategies for carrying on. But before I delve into my own specifics, I think the most useful thing for managingContinue reading “Tips on Dealing with Low Energy: Moonlake’s Insights”
Category Archives: Writer Reflections
Reviving enthusiasm in the Work
To be honest, I don’t have full answers to the issue of reviving enthusiasm in a writing project but based on recent experience, I think the following things have helped: A writing routine- Lately, I’m keeping to a routine of working on my WIP for 5 days a week and 1 page of writing perContinue reading “Reviving enthusiasm in the Work”
Moonlake’s Writing Mottos (1)
What you are seeing in the picture above is my vision board that I created a few years back to reaffirm my identity as a writer. As you can see, it’s mostly uplifting phrases or writing mottos. However, today I want to blog about a motto that isn’t up there (yet), that I’m feeling keenlyContinue reading “Moonlake’s Writing Mottos (1)”
A New Writing Routine
In October I implemented a new writing routine. Each of my writing days were composed of the following 6 tasks: A) Reading either published English fiction or non-fiction on writing B) Analysis of a fictional work that touched me and trying to get behind how it triggers my emotions (5 chapters) C) The self-learning writingContinue reading “A New Writing Routine”
Reflection on Moonlake as a Writer- April 2020
I’m going to do another Q&A today with myself. It’s been a while since I last did a reflection on myself as a writer so it’s time for a revisit. At what level do you assess yourself to be as a writer now? Intermediate. Weren’t you calling yourself a beginning writer a few years ago?Continue reading “Reflection on Moonlake as a Writer- April 2020”
The Chinese influence in my Writing
Aside from the about page, I don’t think I’ve properly introduced myself so let’s do this here up front. I’m a Chinese who migrated to Australia at the age of 12 after I completed primary school. Because I came from Hong Kong, I lean towards modern values (at least in gender roles and such) butContinue reading “The Chinese influence in my Writing”
Writing what I Read: A Brief Reflection
I don’t consider myself widely read in that I mainly read three genres (fantasy, mystery and historical fiction) and I only write in the genre of Chinese fantasy (actually I do have ideas pertaining to traditional fantasy but Chinese fantasy is what has my attention right now). In that sense, I think Chinese fantasy certainlyContinue reading “Writing what I Read: A Brief Reflection”
Reflections on My Outlining Odyssey
Every now and then I like to reflect on things and that time has rolled in again. But first, a bit of context for those of you who hasn’t read previous posts: I started outlining my WIP in Dec 2016 and was originally planning to finish outlining at the end of this year. I deliberatelyContinue reading “Reflections on My Outlining Odyssey”
Fiction writer with Aphantasia: So What?
中文版本（繁體中文)：按此閱讀 中文版本（简体中文)：按此阅读 So nothing, I reply. What are you talking about, Moonlake? Well, let’s me go back to the start. One of my FB writer friends pointed me to this article: https://www.facebook.com/blake/posts/10156834777480504 Briefly, the article talks about the condition called aphantasia which is basically an inability to visualise things in your mind. And guess what?Continue reading “Fiction writer with Aphantasia: So What?”
What’s writing to me?
This is an update on my old post “What does Writing Mean to you?” that I wrote 3 years ago. Reading that old post again made me realise 2 things: 1) a lot of what I said still remain true: I see writing as freedom and self-expression and the intrinsic worth/quality of my work isContinue reading “What’s writing to me?”
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