writing prompts – Caroliena Cabada

How I wrote “Cyanistes caeruleus”

A photograph of a desk with some open notebooks and books, two computer monitors, and a laptop open.

For this blog post, I wanted to talk a bit more about my writing process, since I wrote this poem last semester and I kept some notes about how I wrote it.

Author Toolbox Blog Hop: Practicing voice

Over the course of the four novels, I became so familiar with the voice of the point of view character, a woman named Elena Greco, that I felt myself unconsciously starting to write in it.

Author Toolbox Blog Hop: Creating writing prompts

I’m happier with my prompted writing because it allows me to tailor my prompts to what I’m working on, which allows me to be more productive with my time.