Improving Technique Update on My Novel #36 17 May 2022 Two-and-a-half weeks ago I stated that I was scaling down this blog and giving my attention to my novel and short story. This is my first update since making that…
Improving Technique Four Years In 30 Apr 2022 Each of these anniversaries seems to come faster than the last. I've been working on this blog for four years now, and it seems both longer and shorter than that…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 47 29 Apr 202230 Apr 2022 Last week I brought the second section of this middle act nearly to conclusion. Thus, I am in the middle segment of the middle section of the middle act...right at…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 46 22 Apr 202229 Apr 2022 I've been writing even more new material than I expected in this revision of the story's middle act. Even scenes that I recycled from before have had their context considerably…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 45 15 Apr 202222 Apr 2022 Today I'm looking to finish the first major segment of the middle act. This segment has been quite a bit longer than I'd anticipated. If the second and third are…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 44 8 Apr 202215 Apr 2022 In my last entry we left things at the height of chaos. It was also all-new material, which was very pleasant to get to write after having repeated the same…
Improving Technique Update on My Novel: Month 35 1 Apr 20228 Apr 2022 This was the first full month for work on my novel after I took a brief break. I admit that I felt daunted going back to this large project, but…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 43 25 Mar 20221 Apr 2022 Last week I finished the first segment of the second act, in which we saw Oscar and Harry venture against the waves and ready themselves to push against the eddies.…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 42 18 Mar 202225 Mar 2022 Last week I got started rewriting the middle section of The Storm, which I will be continuing with today. As a reminder, this is the outline of the segment I…
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