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Improving Technique

Update on My Novel: Month 23

1 Apr 202128 Dec 2021
MARCH STATS Days Writing: 22 New Words: 1525 New Chapters: 0.25 Total Word-count: 71,186 Total Chapters: 19 My goal for March was to work on the novel every single day.…
Improving Technique

Update on My Novel: Month 22

1 Mar 202126 Dec 2021
FEBRUARY STATS Days Writing: 12 New Words: 2867 New Chapters: .75 Total Word-count: 69,756 Total Chapters: 18.75 I consider February to be a more successful month than January. Not just…
Improving Technique

Update on My Novel: Month 21

1 Feb 202125 Dec 2021
JANUARY STATS Days Writing: 13 New Words: 0 New Chapters: 0 Total Word-count: 66,892 Total Chapters: 18 Well, as you can see from these numbers, January was a very different…
Lessons

The Awkward Friends of Yesteryear

27 Aug 201811 Nov 2021
There's a common story trope that begins with a main character being enamored by some mentor character, viewing this master as the most wise, most respected, and most powerful of…
Lessons

Dreams to Realities

20 Aug 201811 Nov 2021
On Thursday I concluded a short story called Free Cleaning Service. This piece featured two moments of abrupt menace, situations where the main antagonist appeared to startle the audience. I…

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