dawn.vogel | October 16, 2023
One of the WriteHive online conference panels I watched was How to Subvert Tropes. This panel talked about what tropes are, when they become cliches, and how to then twist those tropes to make them fresh again. The panel started out by talking about how tropes are the building blocks of stories that establish trust […]
dawn.vogel | October 2, 2023
One of the WriteHive online conference panels I watched was a presentation on How to Self-Edit Like a Developmental Editor. Even though I am an editor, developmental editing is one of the places where I’d like to increase my skills, and getting some tips and tricks that can help me practice these things on my […]
dawn.vogel | September 18, 2023
One of the WriteHive online conference panels I watched was Seasons in Worldbuilding, which was an interesting look at how you can use seasons as part of your writing. Even outside of the part they play in worldbuilding, seasons can be used evoke emotions related to that season. In some writing, the season and/or the […]
dawn.vogel | September 4, 2023
One of the panels from the WriteHive online conference this year that I found valuable was Newsletter 101: The Basics. Though I’ve had my newsletter up and running for a while, I still find it useful to read and watch things about newsletters to see what I can do better. And this panel had lots […]
dawn.vogel | August 21, 2023
A couple of months back, I watched a bunch of the WriteHive conference videos online as a moderator. Now they’re all online and available for anyone to watch here! There are also videos from previous years available at the same location! I’ll be posting some of my thoughts and summaries about many of the individual […]
dawn.vogel | May 24, 2023
In a couple of weeks, WriteHive is having their annual conference (online) from June 9-11, 2023, and it’s free to attend! There are a ton of great panels and discussions, plus some readings from authors on the Discord. I’ll be helping out with some of the backend things both ahead of and during the conference, […]
