• Name ideas

    2025 | character names

    November 3, 2025 - By 

    Have you ever started a story, yet have no clue what to name your character? Have you ever struggled on picking the right name, or maybe you’ve been indecisive between a few? If any of those situations applied to you, you’ve come to the right place! But instead of writing a blog solely on character names, I’ll also be giving a few tips about how to choose an actual name that fits your character, or perhaps ironic 👀… This will definitely have a part 2 and so on, so if this helped you, stay tuned! ──── For girls ──── ────…

  • Writing & Reading Strategies

    2025 | my top five writing strategies

    October 30, 2025 - By 

    As a teen who has written stories for around six years, here are my top five writing strategies that I hope you’ll find useful! ─ #1 ─ Make it raw and personal When you base a story off something you have experienced or are curious about, you’ll be motivated to continue writing. For example, you’re fascinated by astronomy; maybe you could create a whole entire world on another planet or write it from the constellations’ perspective. This would be something you love, something that feels original and comes entirely from you, and something that’s not a cliche. Or maybe you’ve…

  • Recommended reads

    2025 | inspirational reads

    September 1, 2025 - By 

    These are the four inspirational reads for September 2025! If any one of them inspires/interests you, please go check it out! ──── I Am Malala ──── by Malala Yousafzai, with Christina Lamb “I had decided very early I would not be like that. My father always said, ‘Malala will be free as a bird.’ I dreamed of going to the top of Mount Elum like Alexander the Great to touch Jupiter and even beyond the valley. But, as I watched my brothers running across the roof, flying their kites and skilfully flicking the strings back and forth to cut each…

  • General

    introduction | what is sally’s studio?

    August 21, 2025 - By 

    Sally’s Studio is a blog started by a young student stepping into high school (as of now) with the dreams of becoming an author. This studio will cover various topics, including: There will be updates every month – hopefully :’) – from the different categories above! Please enjoy exploring through all my further content (on their way to come), and be on the lookout for new updates if anything inspires you~ Thank you, and have a nice day/night! 8/21/25 ♡