Without a weakness or a need your story ends before it has the chance to begin. Mary-Sue (male or female), that is a person with no perceivable weaknesses or flaws, makes for a boring character. It is possible to place this character in interesting situations but that is the literary equivalent of boiling steak andContinue reading “No Struggle? No Story…”
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I’m Live RIGHT NOW!!!
The Return!!!
The Return of Author J. M. Topp premiers tomorrow @ 12:00P.M.!
I’m LIVE!!!
Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:45AM-11:00AM. Bring your worldbuilding binder or simply swing by and say hi! https://www.twitch.tv/thewritingvault
Stream Starts Tomorrow!
The first ever writing stream for The Writing Vault (TWITCH) begins tomorrow at 6:45 AM! Bring your worldbuilding binders or simply swing by to say hi! Looking forward to seeing you all there.
A solution to a long standing challenge?
I’ve been racking my brain for the better part of 2 years on how to build a community around writing. The first thought was go to a coffee shop and make a space where I can hang out with other writers and write. This is difficult because it requires people to not only make timeContinue reading “A solution to a long standing challenge?”
Official Title?
The title I’ve gravitated the most to is The Rise of Devils. For a dark western sci-fi I feel like it exemplifies exactly what I’m going for. I’m at the second arc currently and I expect the promotional chapters to be available in the fall. I’m excited to see what you all think of it!!
30,000 words!!!
Just hit 30,000 this morning. I expect to be done with the first draft by next month. I want to post the first act (4 chapters) soon after so stay tuned! Also I don’t know if I have said this but I have two titles to go with but I dont know which to choose?Continue reading “30,000 words!!!”
Author Update
If there was an anticipated novel you were eager to read, what kind of updates would you want from the author before the book was published? I just hit 10,000 out of 80,000 words in my sci-fi western. It’s a big milestone and I expect a formal update in the coming months!
Author J.M. Topp 