Barbara King
Bio
Barbara King is a full-time writing coach and novelist. King is a recent college graduate from Southern New Hampshire University where she earned her BA in Creative Writing.
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Succeeding During July's Camp NaNoWriMo
I'm sure if you've been around any writers during November you may have heard them talking about an event that happens each year called NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month. A whole month is dedicated to the mad dash across the pages of a first draft where hundreds and thousands of writers get together to finish their novel in only 30 days.
By Barbara King9 months ago in Journal
How to Write Like No One Is Reading
Writing for some of us is how we express ourselves, how we open our souls and place our bleeding hearts upon the page, and because of this it can be hard for some of us to share our writing with the world. Or even worse - we hold ourselves back from writing what we really want to because of self-doubt, fear of judgment, and the pressure of conforming to expectations.
By Barbara King9 months ago in Journal
4 Ways to Maintain Story Tension
All stories have tension whether it is a story with a life or death scenario or a will they - or won't they kiss kinda romance book. Tension is what pulls your reader through your story and keeps them turning the pages until they reach the very end.
By Barbara King9 months ago in Journal
How to Fall in Love With Writing Again
Like an old high school romance sometimes we fall out of love and unfortunately, this can happen to writing as well. When I first lost my job due to the global pandemic I couldn't find it in myself to write anything. It took a while for me to find my way back to it, even deciding to use that time to finish my degree and graduate with my BA in Creative Writing wasn't enough to rekindle my love - at that point it had begun to feel more like a chore after all the assignments I had been made to write and revise in such a short amount of time.
By Barbara King9 months ago in Journal
How To Develop a Writing System
All writers need to have a system. It's true whether they know it or not. You may even have one without realizing it. I never knew that I wrote better at night until I tried to work on my novel first thing in the morning instead of articles and I couldn't seem to find my writing flow.
By Barbara King9 months ago in Journal
Finding Your Writing Sanctuary
A writing space does not have to be a room of one's own as is often quoted because come on, with rent prices being as high as they are some of us are lucky enough to have a place of our own without three or four roommates sharing the bed and floor space of a one-bedroom apartment.
By Barbara King9 months ago in Journal