Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 18 3 Sep 202114 Dec 2021 So far things have been getting along pretty smoothly. I still like a lot what I've written, with just a bit of tidy-up here and there. Now, though, I'm coming…
Improving Technique Update on My Novel: Month 28 1 Sep 202130 Dec 2021 AUGUST STATS Days Writing: 17 New Words: 2,966 New Chapters: 0.5 Total Word-count: 85,250 Total Chapters: 23 My goal for the past few check-ins has been to incrementally improve on…
Short Stories The Salt Worms: Part One 1 Sep 202130 Dec 2021 New Denver was the largest city Nathan had seen in a long time. It wasn't just another occasionally-inhabited outpost, it was an actual, persistent community of seven hundred souls! New…
Lessons The Love of Magic 30 Aug 202131 Dec 2021 Obsessed With the Unreal) Why are stories so full of magic and surrealism? Why do fantasy and sci-fi novels dominate the industry? Even stories based in the real world push…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 17 27 Aug 202131 Dec 2021 I got off to a good start with last week's edit, which officially brought me into my third draft of The Storm. You can compare my new text with the…
Short Stories Secrets in the Mountain- Part Two 25 Aug 202131 Dec 2021 The mountain lay to the west, and therefore the morning sun was just starting to shine on it from the opposite horizon, casting a blanket of pink color over its…
Lessons Write What You Know . . . Then Surpass It 23 Aug 202131 Dec 2021 Places I Know) Last Wednesday I posted the first half of my new story, Secrets in the Mountain, and it was a very easy piece for me to write. In…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 16 20 Aug 202131 Dec 2021 Last week I shared the second draft of my story, so that it would all be in one, tidy place for future reference. Today I'll start revising it, and I…
Short Stories Secrets in the Mountain- Part One 18 Aug 202131 Dec 2021 Jason allowed himself one last unstifled yawn, then shifted his car into park and turned off the ignition. For a moment he sat in his seat, staring at the three-storied…
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