Improving Technique Update on My Novel: Month 27 1 Aug 202130 Dec 2021 JULY STATS Days Writing: 12 New Words: 3,069 New Chapters: 0.75 Total Word-count: 83,150 Total Chapters: 22.75 My goal for July was to incrementally improve on my performance in June.…
Improving Technique Update on My Novel: Month 26 1 Jul 202130 Dec 2021 JUNE STATS Days Writing: 10 New Words: 2893 New Chapters: 1 Total Word-count: 79,993 Total Chapters: 22 At the start of June I mentioned the new schedule that I was…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 3 21 May 202130 Dec 2021 I have finished reviewing The Storm and have made note of the changes it requires. Now I will go through it piece-by-piece, correcting things as I go. I won't take…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 2 14 May 202130 Dec 2021 I'm continuing to review my short story The Storm, making note of all the areas I wish to improve on as I go. There is a line I just came…
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 Taking a Look Back: Part One 22 Feb 202126 Dec 2021 Here we are approaching the end of The Favored Son: Alternate. It's been a long road, and there's been a great deal learned along the way. I want to pause…
Lessons Taking Inventory 13 Jul 202013 Dec 2021 Avoiding Ruts) Writing stories is one of the best ways to get better at writing stories. Direct practice leads to better performance over time. However, there is another crucial practice…
Improving Technique One Year In 30 Apr 201916 Nov 2021 Well, today marks the first anniversary since my first post on this blog. I really can't believe just how quickly time has flown by. And yet at the same time…
Lessons Critique Up 15 Oct 201812 Nov 2021 So here we are at the start of a new series. Each time I finish a session of stories I am well aware of all the shortcomings in my work,…
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