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 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…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 40 25 Feb 20224 Mar 2022 Last week I put together a plan for reworking the middle act of The Storm. I decided to divide it into a miniature three act structure, where it alternates between…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 39 18 Feb 202225 Feb 2022 Last week I shared my insights from reading through my fourth draft. The main takeaway was that my middle act is struggling more than any other. Things just sort of…
Lessons Let Them Make Their Own Choices 14 Feb 202221 Feb 2022 Decisions, Decisions) A piece of advice commonly given to new parents is that at some point their child has to make their own decisions, even when those decisions are to…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 38 11 Feb 202218 Feb 2022 Last week I posted the entirety of my fourth draft for The Storm. Since that time, I have gone through the draft, marking obvious changes and getting a feel for…
Lessons Many Possible Endings 31 Jan 20227 Feb 2022 The Surprise Ending) I don't believe I have ever begun a story where I didn't already know how it would end. And yet...I have had many stories that then turned…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 37 28 Jan 20224 Feb 2022 Well, here I am, four drafts into this project. I'm hoping that by the end of this process I'll have an understanding for how many drafts it takes for me…
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