Writing – Page 9 – Christine Smith

How to Get the Most Out of Realm Makers (and Other Writers Conferences)

Post published:June 10, 2019
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It’s writers conference season! And um, guys. REALM MAKERS IS LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AWAY. *muffled shrieking* If you don’t know, Realm Makers is a writers conference geared toward Christian speculative fiction writers and seriously the BEST place to be. I went last year for the first time (you can read my recap of it HERE) and it was, without a doubt, one of the greatest experiences of my life. 50/10 recommend. I know a lot of you are going to RM this year (AND I CAN’T WAIT TO MEET YOU AND SEE SO MANY OF YOU AGAIN *SQUEALS*) or…

{Linkup} The Language of Worlds: Karis

Post published:June 3, 2019
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Another round of The Language of Worlds has arrived! And Liv has brought us a fabulous set of questions! Just in case you have no clue what I’m talking about: The Language of Worlds is a writers linkup created by the magical unicorn that is Liv K. Fisher. Every couple of months she throws out 10 questions which we can then answer for any one of our original characters. It’s suuuch a great way to dig deep into your characters, as well as share fun tidbits about your story, AND see what other bloggers are writing too. Because we bloggers/readers…

Let Down Your Hair? (A Rapunzel Short Story)

Post published:May 27, 2019
Post category:Prompts Writing
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I have returned with another Raylinn and Finnigan short story for you guys! Okay, so you might not know what I’m talking about? Over on my other blog I co-author, Fairy Tale Central, we feature a specific fairy tale each month. As part of that, we thought it’d be super fun to have a writing prompt to go along with that month’s featured fairy tale. Thus, on the 3rd of each month, Arielle posts the prompt over on her writing blog, Intuitive Writing Guide, which you can then take, write a piece inspired by it, and leave a link so…

The Five Keys to Telling a Great Story According to Tangled

Post published:May 20, 2019
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Over on Fairy Tale Central, my other blog I co-author with Arielle and Faith, we’ve been featuring the story of Rapunzel for all the month of May. And, naturally, when one thinks Rapunzel, they’re minds probably jump straight to TANGLED. I adore the original fairy tale of the girl with impossibly long hair stuck in a tower. The concept is rather fascinating, with such great story fodder. But my absolute favorite adaptation is most definitely Tangled. Actually, my favorite animated movie of all time is Tangled. Which is saying something, ‘cause I like a lot of animated movies. BUT GUYS.…

Seven Story Elements I Love to Write

Post published:May 6, 2019
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I think every writer, no matter how many books they produce, have certain story elements they return to again and again. It’s like a fingerprint we leave in our stories, or a promise to our readers that they will always find these things within our tales. And it’s for ourselves as well. We write because we love it. That is the core of why we do this crazy story-making thing. And there’s just some things we love too much to only write about in one story. On twitter there was a tag going around asking “How you know I wrote…

Deal or No Deal {A Rumpelstiltskin Short Story}

Post published:April 29, 2019
Post category:Prompts Writing
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As part of Fairy Tale Central, Arielle, Faith, and I thought it’d be super fun to share a writing prompt each month that goes along with that month’s featured fairy tale. We can then take the prompt and write a piece based off of it on our personal blogs AND have YOU GUYS do the same if you want. That way we can share ALL the fairy tale love! It’s just so, sooo much fun reimaging fairy tales. And this is a great, quick way to play around with all the many possibilities. If you missed it (thought probably not…

{Linkup} The Language of Worlds: Anya

Post published:April 15, 2019
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It’s time for another Language of Worlds! *happy dance* You know I jump at any chance to write a post about my story characters. It’s just way too fun! If you have nooo clue what this is, it’s a writer’s linkup created by the fabulous Liv. K. Fisher, in which she gives us 10 questions every couple of months to answer for any one of our original characters. You can find this newest edition HERE. So life has been, erm, something lately. Alllll of March was spent switching/redesigning my blog to a self-hosted site, as well as working on Fairy…

The Plot Holes of Rumpelstiltskin: Finding Story Inspiration Within Fairy Tales

Post published:April 8, 2019
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As you all probably know (since I’ve been screaming about it endlessly now) Fairy Tale Central went live last week! And we’ve had such an abundance of enthusiasm. We are DELIGHTED at the overwhelming response we’ve received. It’s been the most amaaaazing week interacting with you guys and sharing our first posts. GAH. I’M SO EXCITED. Each month over there we’re focusing on one specific fairy tale. If you’ve visited the site, then you know for our first month we chose Rumpelstiltskin. Yes, that story of a strange little man who can unexplainably spin straw into gold has been such…

The Language of Worlds – Syram

Post published:February 4, 2019
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Language of Worlds is back! *happy dance* If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you can find all the info HERE. But essentially, it’s a linkup created by the ever lovely Liv K. Fisher, catered toward speculative Christian writers (though anyone is welcome to join in!) and asks ten questions about any character of our choosing. I debated who to answer the questions for, because technically I’m shifting my focus back on Burning Thorns as I gear to do this next edit. Buuuut I talk about those characters a LOT. So I decided, at least for today, to…

Know the Novel Part 3 – The Writing of Kings Bleed Gold {NaNoWriMo 2018}

Post published:December 11, 2018
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Annnnd I am back to go ahead and answer the questions to my Know the Novel linkup, which I posted yesterday if you missed it. *wink, wink* I have news. Super excited, happy neeews… I FINISHED WRITING KINGS BLEED GOLD. Fiiinally. IT. IS. DONE. I mean, the first draft is done… It needs a total uber major rewrite but we’re not thinking about that right now because IT IS WRITTEN AND I AM SO RELIEVED. I feverishly kept writing through all this first week of December and Thursday night, December 6th, I made it to THE END. I may…