CCrawfordWriting New Logo 2020_Final FUL
  • All Posts
  • News and Updates
  • Short Stories and Flash Fiction
  • Overly Serious Twilight Essays
  • Tips for Writers
  • The Leyward Stones
  • Legends of Arameth
  • Academic Writing (Student Writers)
  • Book Promos
  • Book-Related Lists
  • Character Interviews
  • Commentaries -- Life
  • Chat Room
  • Coffee and Cats...and Other Life Th
  • Considerate Malice
  • Creative Nonfiction
  • editing
  • February is Fantasy Month Blog Tour
  • Fiction Writers
  • Forum
  • General
  • Giveaways
  • How To
  • Interviews
  • Love and Aliens
  • Memoirs
  • My Book Series
  • My Writing
  • NaNoWriMo
  • NonFiction
  • Patreon
Search
Can an Onion Help You Write a Better Novel? (Introducing, the Plot Onion!)
Crystal Crawford
  • Oct 16, 2020
  • 9 min

Can an Onion Help You Write a Better Novel? (Introducing, the Plot Onion!)

this newest resource is for fiction-writers who – like me – struggle to keep the big-picture story neatly in mind while writing...
278 views0 comments
Plotting Your Story, Step #7: The Perfect Ending
Crystal Crawford
  • Nov 12, 2018
  • 3 min

Plotting Your Story, Step #7: The Perfect Ending

Hi, everyone, and welcome to the final post in my “Plotting Your Story” series: Plotting Your Story, Step #7: The Perfect Ending!
2 views0 comments
Plotting Your Story, Step #6: Detailed Outline
Crystal Crawford
  • Nov 5, 2018
  • 7 min

Plotting Your Story, Step #6: Detailed Outline

Hi, everyone, and welcome to post #6 in my “Plotting Your Story” series: Plotting Your Story, Step #6: Detailed Outlines!
3 views0 comments
Plotting Your Story, Step #5: Revelations
Crystal Crawford
  • Oct 29, 2018
  • 5 min

Plotting Your Story, Step #5: Revelations

Hi, everyone, and welcome to post #5 in my “Plotting Your Story” series: Plotting Your Story, Step #5: Revelations!
2 views0 comments
Plotting Your Story, Step #4: Thematic Threads
Crystal Crawford
  • Oct 22, 2018
  • 5 min

Plotting Your Story, Step #4: Thematic Threads

Today’s post is the next in the Plotting Your Story series: Plotting Your Story, Step #4: Thematic Threads!
2 views0 comments
Plotting Your Story, Step #3: External Story (Plot)
Crystal Crawford
  • Oct 15, 2018
  • 5 min

Plotting Your Story, Step #3: External Story (Plot)

Today’s post is the next in the Plotting Your Story series: Plotting Your Story, Step #3: External Story (Plot)!
3 views0 comments
Plotting Your Story, Step #2: Internal Story (Characters)
Crystal Crawford
  • Oct 8, 2018
  • 12 min

Plotting Your Story, Step #2: Internal Story (Characters)

Today’s post is the next in the Plotting Your Story series: Plotting Your Story, Step #2: Internal Story (Characters)!
2 views0 comments
Plotting Your Story, Step #1: Premise
Crystal Crawford
  • Oct 1, 2018
  • 4 min

Plotting Your Story, Step #1: Premise

Today’s post is the first in the Plotting Your Story series: Plotting Your Story, Step #1: Premise!
23 views0 comments
Should You NaNoWriMo?
Crystal Crawford
  • Oct 26, 2017
  • 2 min

Should You NaNoWriMo?

Here are some things to consider before committing to the crunch of 50,000 words in November.
0 views0 comments
How to Succeed at NaNoWriMo
Crystal Crawford
  • Oct 26, 2017
  • 3 min

How to Succeed at NaNoWriMo

a brief bullet-point list of some of the things I learned from my frenzied first-time NaNoWriMo experience...
0 views0 comments
I Finished NaNoWriMo!
Crystal Crawford
  • Dec 1, 2016
  • 1 min

I Finished NaNoWriMo!

Author's note as of 9-2-20: This mess of a novel I mentioned in this post went on to become The Edge of Nothing, the first book in The...
2 views0 comments
What I Learned from NaNoWriMo
Crystal Crawford
  • Nov 28, 2016
  • 6 min

What I Learned from NaNoWriMo

2016 was my first attempt at NaNoWriMo. For the first few days, it rocked!  But then, I hit a snag: I hadn’t had time to outline very much b
0 views0 comments
  • May 2022 (1) 1 post
  • March 2022 (1) 1 post
  • December 2021 (2) 2 posts
  • October 2021 (3) 3 posts
  • September 2021 (2) 2 posts
  • August 2021 (4) 4 posts
  • July 2021 (4) 4 posts
  • June 2021 (1) 1 post
  • May 2021 (2) 2 posts
  • April 2021 (3) 3 posts
  • February 2021 (2) 2 posts
  • January 2021 (2) 2 posts
  • December 2020 (7) 7 posts
  • October 2020 (1) 1 post
  • September 2020 (6) 6 posts
  • August 2020 (4) 4 posts
  • June 2020 (2) 2 posts
  • February 2020 (2) 2 posts
  • August 2019 (1) 1 post
  • July 2019 (1) 1 post
  • February 2019 (4) 4 posts
  • November 2018 (3) 3 posts
  • October 2018 (7) 7 posts
  • July 2018 (1) 1 post
  • June 2018 (1) 1 post
  • January 2018 (1) 1 post
  • December 2017 (1) 1 post
  • November 2017 (1) 1 post
  • October 2017 (5) 5 posts
  • September 2017 (2) 2 posts
  • August 2017 (4) 4 posts
  • July 2017 (4) 4 posts
  • June 2017 (3) 3 posts
  • May 2017 (3) 3 posts
  • February 2017 (1) 1 post
  • January 2017 (1) 1 post
  • December 2016 (3) 3 posts
  • November 2016 (4) 4 posts
  • October 2016 (5) 5 posts
  • September 2016 (4) 4 posts
  • August 2016 (3) 3 posts
  • July 2016 (9) 9 posts
  • April 2008 (1) 1 post
  • March 2008 (1) 1 post
  • February 2008 (2) 2 posts
  • January 2008 (1) 1 post

I'd LOVE

to hear from 

YOU!

  • Amazon
  • Facebook - White Circle
  • Instagram - White Circle
  • Twitter - White Circle
  • YouTube - White Circle

Success! Message received.

Site Created By FIERCE, INC as part of a Fierce Media Project.     //    Privacy Policy