RL Reads & Writes

  Writing Exercises To Get Your Creativity Flowing Hello my fellow writers! This blogpost is about some ways to get your creativity flowing onto the page, either for a project you’re working on or for a quick warm-up. There will be three sections: Fast Write, Description & Scenery, and Character. Fast Write This section is the broadest of them all. A fast write is: writing for a short amount of time(around 5 minutes) with a simple prompt. It’s a very easy way to engage your brain in a spitfire round of writing before getting to the main session. Of course, I’ve used fast writes in several different ways, ranging from a random prompt to working on a story I already have. It all depends on what you are aiming to do with a fast write. Since fast writes are about, well, being fast, I would recommend using this as a warm-up instead of a lead-in. It takes the pressure off of producing some great or the beginning of the 28th chapter in your story, and instead focusing your writing on...

  An Intro To Genre: What Are Genres, And What Is Their Importance? Hello and welcome back, my fellow readers and writers. I bring a post of a small but important part of reading and writing– Genre. You may be wondering what the importance is, outside of choosing a category that your story or book slots into. Genre comes with more than just a label like Romance or Fantasy, and this blogpost is all about that. What Are Genres? Genres are, at their core, a one-word summary of the ‘type’ the book is. It’s the big label in bookstores that tells you, intuitively, what that book will contain in one way or the other. Genres include several key aspects of a book, summed up into one word.  Titles, the cover, and the description are the ‘visual’ aspects of a genre. When you read the title, you get a sense of the book. When you look at the cover, you can guess a little bit about the book. And when you read the description, you get a sense of the characters and the world. All of this sum...

  New Year, New Goals: How To Set Achievable Goals For Your Writing & Reading In 2026 Hello and welcome to 2026, my fellow readers and writers! 2025 was a great year, but now we look forward to a whole new 365 days that are full of opportunity. But you might be wondering, how do I set goals that stick throughout the year? And today, I’ve made a list of ways to accomplish both your writing and reading goals. Though, before we start, I would like to note: Everyone has a different method, so some of these might not work as well as others. It’s all about tweaking the ideas to fit your schedule and life. Setting Goals In General We’ve all been in a scenario like this: The Writer or Reader’s New Year Resolution. We scribble out our list with things like these: I want to read 100 books this year, or, I’m going to publish a book this year.  Now, these goals aren’t inherently bad, they’re good, but… how many of us take a look at a goal that big and feel at least a little daunted?...