Lessons How Many Characters? 10 May 202130 Dec 2021 Very Limited Scopes) I've always been interested in movies with a limited cast of characters. Take, for example, the 2013 film Locke, starring Tom Hardy. The entire film takes place…
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…
Short Stories Covalent: Part One 5 May 202130 Dec 2021 Not much. Not much at all. Just a little bit of gray tinged with light blues and yellows at the periphery. A small sense of swirling motions, too, like trace…
Lessons Children. Conflict. Play. 3 May 202130 Dec 2021 The Intersection of Story) In mathematics we learn that one vector defines a single-dimensional space. It is a line or a direction, a single, unchanging thrust into space. Two vectors,…
Improving Technique Update on My Novel: Month 24 1 May 202130 Dec 2021 APRIL STATS Days Writing: 16 New Words: 4173 New Chapters: 1.25 Total Word-count: 75,955 Total Chapters: 20.25 In April I wanted to prioritize my story above all other hobbies and…
Improving Technique Three Years In 30 Apr 202115 Apr 2022 I looked at the things I wrote for my second anniversary and was shocked to realize how recent it all felt. I remember writing those things as if it had…
Short Stories The Punctured Football: Part Two 29 Apr 202130 Dec 2021 That weekend Petey spent all of his spare time doing the extra chores. In addition to the ones his Dad had come up with he also cleaned the dirt of…
Lessons Depart to Return Again 26 Apr 202130 Dec 2021 A Gap Between) There is an unspoken rule in storytelling that if two characters meet together for a scene and depart at the end, then the next scene won't begin…
Short Stories The Punctured Football: Part One 22 Apr 202130 Dec 2021 "Do you think Curtis and Jordan would play if we asked them?" "I don't know. I don't want to ask them." "Why not?" "Because they're not careful and it's my…
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