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An Amazing Guest Post by Katherine!!

3/17/2021

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Hello, everyone! Today's post will not be just any post, but a guest post by Katherine herself! *applause* Let me remind y'all that she won as a first place winner of this contest, that's why she got this oppurtunity!! Now, let's get on with her post, shall we? 😉

𝑯𝑶𝑾 𝑰 𝑮𝑬𝑻 𝑬𝑿𝑪𝑰𝑻𝑬𝑫 𝑻𝑶 𝑾𝑹𝑰𝑻𝑬
Thank you so much, Mahitha, for letting me guest post on your blog!!!!!!! You’re AWESOME, girl!!!!!

For today’s post . . . 

When we first start writing our brand new idea, we’re just SO EXCITED, am I right? But what about after you’ve been in it awhile and you start to lose your motivation and excitement to continue writing? Let’s face it, it’s hard to write when we’re not excited about it. That brings me to today. I will be sharing with you some tips, tricks, and things I have done to get myself into the world/zone/mood of my story (which, basically, gets me excited to write). 
Trick 1: write a fun piece or scene with your characters. This is basically where you write about your characters or your world, but the scene doesn’t add to the plotline of your story. Writing a fun scene can help you understand your characters or world better so that when you do actually write the parts that go into your story you’ll already know what the world may look like or your character’s personality. Currently, I’m writing a scene where I am talking with my MC. It’s been fun to see how my MC would react to me, and writing this scene also helped me to know some of my MC’s secrets that I didn’t know when I was writing the first couple chapters.
Trick 2: write a poem to get into the head of your character. This can be any form of poetry. What I did was create a book-spine poem for one of my characters. It was a lot of fun trying a different form of poetry than what I am used to and this also helped me hear my characters voice through the words I had put together with the spines of books. 
Trick 3: create a playlist. This is a great way to put together all the songs that inspire your story.
Trick 4: design collages, mock covers, bookmarks, or anything else you want to design. This one is a lot of fun and great visuals to inspire you to write. You can even create a digital or non-digital scrapbook for your story.
Trick 5: draw. You can draw scenes from your story, places in your world, or even your characters themselves. Drawing is a great way to visualize your story.
Trick 6: make or print a map. You don’t just have to be a fantasy author to create a map. You can make one even for real places. And if you don’t feel like making one, then you can print a map for the setting of your story world.
Trick 7: make other items that are inspired or important to the story. This is the trick that I probably use the most. So far for my WIP, I have made a necklace inspired by one of my MCs (who’s a princess). I am also working on creating a model for the castle (̶I̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶u̶l̶d̶’̶v̶e̶ ̶c̶h̶o̶s̶e̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶m̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶h̶o̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶c̶a̶s̶t̶l̶e̶ ̶t̶a̶k̶e̶s̶ ̶F̶O̶R̶E̶V̶E̶R̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶m̶a̶k̶e̶). Making the castle model is a lot of fun. Plus, seeing the model of the castle helps me to describe it in my WIP. 
And those are some ideas on how to get excited to write. (Though, I’m starting to wonder if I just taught you guys how to procrastinate your writing. XD) Again, thank you, Mahitha, so much for letting me guest post today!!!!!!!! :D I hope everyone enjoyed the post and maybe found these tips helpful or got some new ideas. In the comments, you can tell me what you do to get excited to write. Until I hear from you . . . *puts on cool black sunglasses* Kat out!

Thank you, for your time today, Katherine! All of your tips were amazingly helpful for me and I'm sure everyone else would agree!!

Have a fantastic Friday everyone!!! 😊

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19 Comments
Allie Jo Andersen link
3/19/2021 05:35:55 pm

This was an awesome post!! I love your tips, Katherine, especially about designing collages, mock covers, and bookmarks!!

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Katherine link
3/19/2021 07:34:26 pm

Thank you so much, Allie!!!!! I'm so glad you like the tips!!! :D Yes, designing things is so much fun!!! Thank you so much for reading and commenting!<3

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Allie Jo Andersen link
3/20/2021 11:30:57 am

You are very welcome!! Yes, I totally agree!!! Of course!!! This was a great post!!

Katherine link
3/21/2021 10:33:17 am

🙂❤️ THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!😀

Katherine link
3/19/2021 07:38:22 pm

Thank you so much, Mahitha, for letting me guest post and thank you so much for the WONDERFUL introduction!!!!!!! :D I'm so glad the tips were helpful for you!! THANK YOU!!!!

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Mahitha link
3/20/2021 09:07:27 am

Of course, Katherine!!! 😉 I'll be sure to follow these tips whenever I feel like writing!!! You're welcome!!!!

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Alexa link
3/20/2021 12:54:19 pm

This was an amazing guest post!!! I loved how I saw this post just in time since I needed more ways to get into the writing mood! I'll be sure to totally use these tips!

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Katherine link
3/21/2021 10:41:07 am

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALEXA!!!!!! Ooh, yay!!! I'm so happy you saw this in perfect timing!!! :D I hope the tips are very helpful for you!!!! And if you ever want to tell me which tips you use, I'd be happy to hear it!!!!!
Thank you so much for reading and commenting!!!!<3

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Jen link
3/20/2021 06:17:05 pm

Great post, Katherine!!!

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Katherine link
3/21/2021 10:52:58 am

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEN!!!!!!!<333 Thank you for reading and commenting!!!<333

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Marie Giles link
3/21/2021 07:51:06 am

Is there a place here where I can subscribe to you're blog, Mahitha? I really enjoy it, and I know with blogs on WordPress there is a little button on other blogs that I can push to follow it, and new posts appear in my email, but I don't see any sort of button on here.

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Mahitha link
3/21/2021 08:37:05 am

Oh, I use Weebly for my blog and there isn't really any way to follow my blog (unless I start paying), but I'm working on that! I'm actually thinking of using another blogging platform so that viewers would be able to follow my blog! :)

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Marie Giles link
3/21/2021 10:04:32 pm

Ok, great! 👍

Marie Giles link
3/21/2021 07:52:51 am

Also, great post Katherine! I'll be sure to use some of these tips in the future!

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Katherine link
3/21/2021 11:01:48 am

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARIE!!!!!! (Beautiful name, by the way!) Awesome! I hope you find the tips very helpful!!!! :)

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Marie Giles link
3/21/2021 10:06:07 pm

I'm sure I will!

Katherine link
3/23/2021 09:49:11 am

😀

Issabelle Perry link
3/21/2021 08:30:16 am

AWESOME post, Kit-Kat! I looove making things for my WIP AND your castle model is really a GENIUS idea!! *also puts on suuper cool black sunglasses, IS OUT!

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Katherine link
3/21/2021 11:06:59 am

THANK YOU SO MUCH, IS!!!!!!!😀 I LOVE making things for my WIP too!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!😊
Haha, we're rocking the black sunglasses!😎 *nods head* *walks out with EPIC music playing in the background*

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