Hey, young writers! A quick update for ya’ll about what I’ve been doing this January:

• Art-ing: Working on my drawing skillz/how to draw magical people and animals/how to draw my characters/how to draw eyes cuz I’m SUPER bad at those. 😛 Also, I’ve been working on making a field guide for all the magical plants, creatures, and artifacts that are used in my fantasy fiction series. (LOVED using my PRISMA coloring pencils and brush markers along with some specialty metallic markers btw.)
• Brainstorming for old and new stories.
• BIBLE JOURNALING.
• Writing for my Pride & Prejudice based story. I’ve been trying to write 500 words a day, and my goal is to be done by May 31st. I’m up to about 15,000 now, and I managed to write 849 words yesterday! #writingwin
• LOTS of random sketchiez…

And I think that’s it. School’s started again *not-so-silent sobbing* so I’ve been trying to juggle my crazy school schedule along with writing and my other responsibilities. #icantadultrightnow 😛 Thanks to a weekly schedule (something else I did this month), I’ve been doing pretty well with staying on the adult train, at least for now (I mean, it’s only the third week of the semester). 😛 To help keep me on track with my writing, I’ve been making myself get up an hour earlier than I usually do for school (which means 7 FREAKING A.M.). After my devotional time, I set my timer, and write for 30 minutes. Not only does this allow me to make consistent progress through my story outline, but I feel so much more productive when I write in the morning and therefore, happy, which makes the rest of my day pretty swell; just a little fyi if you want to try getting up early too. I’m definitely NOT a morning person, but after a few days, I’m already starting to get used to it. Hopefully, if you decide to try this early bird routine out with me, you’ll grow to love it as well.

Much love and writing progress,

YW