Lessons A Sense of Foreboding 16 Aug 202131 Dec 2021 What's This Got to Do With Anything?) The protagonist approaches the dark and strange mansion, seeking shelter after her car has broken down on a lonely stretch of the highway.…
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…
Lessons Running Aground 11 Aug 202131 Dec 2021 Normally I use Wednesdays to post a chapter of my current short story. But I've just wrapped up work on Covalent, and I want to take a moment to examine…
Lessons Hills and Valleys 9 Aug 202131 Dec 2021 The Rise and Fall) Most stories have a natural arc. At the very beginning there is no context and they must establish the setting, which results in a slower beginning.…
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…
Short Stories Covalent: Part Fourteen 4 Aug 202131 Dec 2021 Cace couldn't tell whether she was alive or not. Her face was still submerged in the water, so it wasn't possible that she was breathing, but was she being sustained…
Lessons How to Change a Heart 2 Aug 202130 Dec 2021 Christmas Hearts) Character development is a central consideration of every tale. Most stories are not just about what things happened, but about how those events changed a character forever. Consider…
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 Revising The Storm- Week 13 30 Jul 202130 Dec 2021 I left the rewrite in quite a dramatic place last time. Harry was finally moved to point of confession, and had just made it known that he was directly responsible…
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