J.V. Montague
I’ve abandoned writing for several years. Creatively, at least. I created this blog when I was fifteen. I’m twenty-one now (Lord, I have to use a hyphen). Graduated college. Employed. A far cry from the child who created this online space; a bid for connection, doomed to rot. And yet, people are here, still. Would […]
Some of these are a bit pettier while others are more serious, but I’ve heard a lot of advice in my time, and not all of it is great.
Act 1 May 26, 2021, at three in the morning on a stormy night, lightning struck and I was lying awake in bed. Thunder boomed and my mind was alight with a new story. I had just started writing a Romcom, but this new idea was beyond alluring. It was of adventures and action, love […]
Think about why they’re doing what they’re doing. Think about how long they can keep it up. And think about what they could change. Because as storytellers, change is what we’re all about.
I never rest with my creative projects until I am forced to. My creativity, motivation, and mental health tend to take a dive before I take a break. That’s not a good thing. It’s not that I don’t understand the importance of rest, I absolutely do, but my mind doesn’t quiet when ask it to […]
My current WIP is an odd little child of mine that’s wandering about, bumping into things, and getting lost in closets.
We all know what a bad book is, as in, when we hear someone say “this wasn’t a good book”, we know precisely what they’re talking about. I want to dive deeper into elements that make up a “bad book” or “poor writing”, then I want to explore why we’re so bothered by it.
J.V. Montague 