#halfbakedideas

i was wondering if you could make some space-themed ones? and possibly in purple?

hi! Thank you so much, I am so glad you like them! 💖 I do have some purple space-themed headers, please check these out:

— Ace

— Bi-Pride

— Purple Witch

And here are two more space ones, though they are not purple:

— Constellations

— Blue Space

A post K.M. Weiland posted on her blog, "Helping Writers become Authors" features a method used by many to make more vivid and understandable, lifelike characters. Having understandable characters makes a book more interesting, and creates a bond between the reader and the character, causing a book to become what some consider “good” or “intriguing”.

The Pizza Test involves creating a scenario where the character chosen for development “is asked to join colleagues for a celebratory pizza (or its equivalent for the culture and setting of the story) upon the occasion of a shared accomplishment.” From there, the writer decides how the character would react to certain events such as what kind of pizza he or she would order, and if he would pay.

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro developed this test, and has sold over eighty books, and more than three dozen essays, introductions and reviews.

This test can be used as a method/exercise for developing characters, plots, or finding inspiration.

Sometimes Ideas don't come to us with ease. Sometimes it takes a walk in the park, a trip to your favorite ice cream store, or a pen with comfortable cushioning. And most of the time, it just takes a seat at your desk, pen and paper in hand, and a mind empty, or full of ideas.

Free writing.

The term used to be a bit annoying to me, as I am a person of planning and organizing everything. I wanted to work in chronological order, writing one chapter and scene at a time, in the order it happened. 

But sometimes we need a less cookie-cutter-ness, and more randomness. 

When you feel as though you are running low on ideas, sit at your desk, and just start writing everything that comes to mind. It may help you come up with ideas for the future, or revise scenes that happened in the past. 

Free writing vignettes were fun for me because I got to chose a scene from any time or place in the story, and just create it! Write your vignettes in the format you would write the actual story, and when this scene actually comes up, you may decide to keep what you have written, add some, or just change it up a bit!

Also remember to keep your writing pieces organized so that you can find them whenever you need them. Create folders for your writing, organized by chapter, section, or whatever else fits your story.