Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 29 19 Nov 202114 Dec 2021 Last week I got through the first act of The Storm, which had only small tweaks here and there until I started the transition into the second act. Then came…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 28 12 Nov 202114 Dec 2021 Last week I shared my notes on The Storm: Draft Three. There were more structural changes necessary than I expected, but I was encouraged that I had immediate ideas for…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 27 5 Nov 202114 Dec 2021 Last week I published the entirety of my third draft for The Storm. Next I wanted to read through the whole thing quickly and make notes of what major shifts…
Improving Technique Update on My Novel: Month 30 1 Nov 202130 Dec 2021 OCTOBER STATS Days Writing: 23 New Words: 7,338 New Chapters: 2 Total Word-count: 94,033 Total Chapters: 25.5 September wasn't a great month for my story, but October was my best…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 26 29 Oct 202114 Dec 2021 Here I am, done with my third draft of The Storm. This milestone happens to coincide with another: I have now worked on the project for 26 weeks, or half…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 25 22 Oct 202114 Dec 2021 Well, here we are at the end of the third draft. I'm anxious to wrap this iteration up and take the whole thing in from beginning to end. I do…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 24 15 Oct 202114 Dec 2021 I've been sharing my work on this story with a writer's group and getting some feedback from them. They've helped me to see the need for more variety in my…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 23 8 Oct 202114 Dec 2021 Not quite to the final act of the story, but getting very near. Today's effort ought to bring us to the moment just before the story's climax, and then we'll…
Improving Technique Update on My Novel: Month 29 1 Oct 202130 Dec 2021 SEPTEMBER STATS Days Writing: 11 New Words: 1,635 New Chapters: 0.5 Total Word-count: 87,132 Total Chapters: 23.5 September wasn't the best month for my novel. 11 days of writing is…