Have you ever found yourself staring at a blank piece of paper, your hands itching to writer, but no matter how much you try, nothing...

In my creative writing class, the professor asked us to read the introduction of Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing...

Hello Everyone! Firstly, excuse me for being gone for so long. With midterms and a never-ending pile of assignments, you could say I've...

Often I am asked if I decide what I'm going to write before I do, or will I let the story flow as I get inspiration. In the end, like...

Wait, what are Writing Logs? In this post, we wanted to introduce something new---Writing Logs, which will, in short, be accounts of what...

There are things that I wish I had known while writing my first manuscript, things that I ended up learning through the years of trial...

Ah description, my friend, how do you do what you do? Sometimes, when it comes to writing, my imagination is very limited. No matter what...

Though our recent blog posts have been focusing mainly on content within a story, I decided to break that streak for this particular post...

I was six when I was first told that I knew how to tell a story. Often, people would tell me I had a way of expressing emotions and...

When I first started writing, one of the things I struggled with (and still do) was character voice. Based on my experience, voice has...

Characters are not simply people you create because you know they would fit the story well. They are not only there to move the plot...

Hello, everyone! I am excited to announce that a new co-author is being added to the Dreaming in Ink site. Her name is Fiza Hasan, and...

If I could choose a theme for this month, and maybe for a few months preceding it too, I would choose the theme of perspective. What I...

I know I've been on a kind of hiatus, but life's been very busy, so I apologize. Though I've been working on a post that describes how to...

Over the years, my taste in books has drastically expanded, but there is still one particular genre that continues to inspire me, again...

Ah, publishing. Something that I've dreamed of for years and years... having your book in a store, greeting fans at conventions, doing...

I don't want to begin talking about the publishing world just yet, since before you can get published, you have to write. I know a lot of...

To start off, I thought I would talk a little bit about my own personal projects, and how everything is currently working out. Right now,...

This blog is designed to help me share my writing advice, discuss books, and connect with other writers. I am so excited to get started....