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 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 Revising The Storm- Week 22 1 Oct 202114 Dec 2021 After my first draft I felt that The Storm needed a more fleshed out body, with more obstacles to exhaust both the characters and the reader. I therefore added a…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 21 24 Sep 202114 Dec 2021 Well, I'm nearly halfway through the latest draft of The Storm. That surprises me, I feel like the plot is more than halfway through, apparently I spent longer with the…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 20 17 Sep 202114 Dec 2021 I'm coming into the real meat of the story now, the long journey back to shore. As always, here is a link to the second draft of this story, and…
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