Short Stories Boat of Three: Part Three 6 Aug 202014 Dec 2021 And so began the long tedium. Each man took his rest, the others continued rowing during the interim, and then all progressed forward as quickly as they could. Though each…
Lessons You Never Really Knew Me 3 Aug 202014 Dec 2021 Characters Exposed) Stories have the unique ability to show us things about their characters that we could never know about another person in real life. At their most intimate, they…
Improving Technique Update on My Novel: Month 15 1 Aug 202014 Dec 2021 JULY STATS Days Writing: 10 New Words: 3060 New Chapters: 0.7 Total Word-count: 50,146 Total Chapters: 14 With July I decided to do things a bit differently. I got rid…
Short Stories Boat of Three: Part Two 30 Jul 202014 Dec 2021 Julian shook his head firmly. "I don't trust him, Captain. I don't trust this man at all!" "No, I don't trust him, either," Captain Molley sighed. "But frankly, that doesn't…
Lessons A Precarious Agreement 27 Jul 202014 Dec 2021 Enemies or Friends?) Early on in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Captain Jack Sparrow and Will Turner find themselves at odds aboard a stolen ship.…
Short Stories Boat of Three: Part One 23 Jul 202014 Dec 2021 "Come to, man! I say, come to!" A slap across the face and Julian snapped awake with a gasp of horror. In his mind's eye he still saw the ship's…
Lessons Foundations and Spires 20 Jul 202013 Dec 2021 Ebbs and Flows and Thunderous Crashes) Life is comprised of many moments, most of which are not very distinct from one another. Our arcs tend to be the result of…
Short Stories Raise the Black Sun: Part Eleven 16 Jul 202013 Dec 2021 I never did see the sun with my actual eyes. How could I? There was no light in that place at all, the sun emanated darkness. And yet, I was…
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…
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