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 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 15 13 Aug 202131 Dec 2021 Last week I finished my second draft of the story. Now I need to read through the whole thing again, correcting awkward phrases and grammatical errors, correcting structural problems, and…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 14 6 Aug 202131 Dec 2021 Last week I made it to the point where Oscar finally sees Sam's lighthouse shining in the distance. Now comes the journey back to shore, and I find myself divided…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 1 7 May 202130 Dec 2021 Here we are at the first post of my new series: The Editor's Bench! Here I will select one of my short stories and take it from its first draft…
Lessons The One, True Story 28 Sep 20206 Nov 2024 To Kill a Watchman) Less than one year before her death, Harper Lee's novel Go Set a Watchman was published to considerable controversy. First and foremost was the concern that…
Improving Technique Update on My Novel: Month 7 1 Dec 201920 Nov 2021 NOVEMBER STATS Days Writing: 17 New Words: 6,577 New Chapters: 2 Total Word-count: 23,554 Total Chapters: 7 This was my first full month of new draft-writing material, and it felt…
Improving Technique Update on My Novel: Month 6 1 Nov 201920 Nov 2021 OCTOBER STATS Days Writing: 20 New Words: 2,671 New Chapters: 1 Total Word-count: 16,533 Total Chapters: 5 Last month I finished correcting my outline, which finally allows me to focus…
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