Vendela Ahlström
Thoughts on Flash Fiction and Short Stories to Improve my Prose
I’m currently revising my notes on The Anatomy of Prose by Sacha Black. I’ve read about half of it, and now make notes on what I’ve...
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Vendela Ahlström
- Sep 7
- 2 min
Getting into the flow of writing a new manuscript
I have a little passion project. It’s called Project Bird. I’ve introduced it on social media so it’s not a secret but I don’t think I’ve...
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Vendela Ahlström
- May 10
- 3 min
World Building on the blog
I’ve had a thought. I stumbled across the book Creative Blogging: Ninja Writer’s Guide to Character Development by Marilyn Flowers and...
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Vendela Ahlström
- Apr 17
- 1 min
Let the revisions begin!
Just dropping by to announce the next step of the very lengthy process of completing Visions of Ravens. My plan of action for my third...
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Vendela Ahlström
- Apr 10
- 1 min
Revisions never end!
I’m starting another round of revisions this week. Goodness gracious. I’m exhilarated and excited, while at the same time nervous and...
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Vendela Ahlström
- Apr 6
- 3 min
It doesn't matter how well you plot
Despite plotting like crazy, I still realised I'd have changes to do in revisions.
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Vendela Ahlström
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Quarterly reset - Q1 2023
The first three months of 2023 are already gone. I feel a slight sense of panic, while a the same time being desperate for spring. The...
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Vendela Ahlström
- Mar 8
- 3 min
Thoughts on beta readers (after)
Back in November I sent away draft 7 of Visions of Ravens to my beta readers. It was terrifying. And at the time, I was naive and...
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Vendela Ahlström
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
10 Steps to Hero: How to Craft Kickass Protagonists by Sacha Black
When I started revising Visions of Ravens I came to a point where I really didn’t like my main character. She felt a bit like a whiny...
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Vendela Ahlström
- Nov 26, 2022
- 2 min
I finished NaNoWriMo 2022
I am officially exhausted! This week on Tuesday (22nd November) I reached 50 000 words. About twenty minutes after that Lizzie finished...
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Vendela Ahlström
- Nov 15, 2022
- 3 min
The Soggy Middle of NaNoWriMo
So we all know about the soggy middle. How we trudge through the midpoint or the middle section of our drafts. How amazing it feels when...
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Vendela Ahlström
- Nov 10, 2022
- 3 min
Thoughts on Beta Readers (before)
I'm about to send Visions of Ravens off to beta readers. Even thought it's 'done'. The thing is, I never had beta readers. I never felt...
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Vendela Ahlström
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
I'm doing NaNoWriMo 2022
This is your classic “Hey, I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year” post. There’s literally nothing anything else to it. So I’ll keep it short and...
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Vendela Ahlström
- May 30, 2022
- 2 min
Revisions for VoR are done!
Finally! I’ve worked on this for little over four months now, since the end of January, and it is so rewarding to have finally reached...
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Vendela Ahlström
- Feb 3, 2022
- 2 min
February Goals
A few days late, but as promised here are my goals for February! How are we feeling about this month? Super excited and motivated! I feel...
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Vendela Ahlström
- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
January reflection
So I thought I’d give this a go. In January I began seriously planning to get my goals achieved and I thought I’d share them with you on...
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Vendela Ahlström
- Aug 18, 2020
- 5 min
What I did wrong after I finished draft 0
Something I wanna make clear before I get to the “I finished my first draft” moment: I was pushing myself for a deadline that was so not...
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Vendela Ahlström
- Jul 30, 2020
- 7 min
Why finding good crit partners is vital to the writing process
If you'd asked me three years ago, when I was still in my teens and couldn't get further than five chapters into a new idea, or kept...
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