Tag Archives: writing

Multiple POVs: Balance, Pacing, and Voice

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Caitlyn McFarland

It’s time for my yearly post where I give people who attended my Storymakers class some resources! The following is pretty much the entire class I taught on how to write from multiple perspectives. Class description: Many stories require multiple … Continue reading →

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Sexual and Romantic Tension Class

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Caitlyn McFarland

You love romance, right? Come on. You love romance. And kissing. Kissing is the best! If you do love kissing and romance, you should know that the Utah RWA has asked me to teach a four-week online class about how to … Continue reading →

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Romance, Fun, and Princesses

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Caitlyn McFarland

So, I should be writing right now. Really. I need to write. But I was cruising Twitter, as one does when one is staggering beneath the weight of a quickly-closing deadline, and I saw a tweet that basically said this: “Heroes … Continue reading →

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Speed Write Your Novel

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Caitlyn McFarland

Today I taught a class  called “Speed Write Your Novel” at LTUE, and a few people requested the slides. Here you go! Personal use only, please. Thank you to everyone who attended! This is the third class I’ve taught on writing and … Continue reading →

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WriteType CP Match

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Caitlyn McFarland

**The WriteType CP Match is over and all of the entries have been removed. If you were part of the event and need information from a post or a comment, please feel free to send me an email. Thank you … Continue reading →

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How I Write Books

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Caitlyn McFarland

The story of my process told mostly in gifs. First draft Immediately veer off of outline. Write events, plot, dialogue. Things are out of order or don’t make sense. Drop/don’t develop minor plot threads. Overall, though, the story is there, … Continue reading →

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Last Chance

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Caitlyn McFarland

I’m freaking out a little bit, guys. My second and last round of edits is due by the 9th. This is my last chance to make it good. After this, if it sucks… it sucks. And people will tell me … Continue reading →

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Deadlines

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Caitlyn McFarland

You want to know the biggest difference between writing before an agent and writing after? Deadlines. Lately, I’ve been feeling like this is the thing that must separate the career-writers from the hobby-writers. For career-writers, writing is work, and you … Continue reading →

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Journaling

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Caitlyn McFarland

I always think I need some clever topic if I’m going to blog, but I’m spending so much energy on writing novel-length things right now that I don’t have much cleverness left for blogging. So I was thinking, instead of … Continue reading →

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The Dynamic Nature of Writing

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Caitlyn McFarland

Before I became a writer, I always thought of stories as static. By the time they get to the reader they are what they are. No matter how many times you read them or how much time passes, published books … Continue reading →

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