Just finished chapter twenty of Shieldmaiden revision 3.0. Referring to the chart, I’m still at the base doing POV and verb tense corrections. I call…
Most Advanced, Yet Acceptable
A word for those of us into world-building. Somewhere between derivative and unrelatable is just the right amount of weird. Most Advanced Yet Acceptable. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/01/what-makes-things-cool/508772
Back at it.
I’ve said before I look forward to a day when I don’t find it remarkable to report I’ve been writing regularly and when word count…
Too much stage direction.
“Too much stage direction” is a critique I’ve received but didn’t really understand. So I read up on it. Yes, in fact, I was doing…
NaNoWriMo 2021 wrap-up
Closing in on the end of NaNoWriMo 2021. The goal was to show up every day in November without excuse. Well… the holiday came on…
Three weeks in, and the habit is improving but not perfect.
One of the great things about NaNo is, it shows what can be done in a committed amount of time. To write 1,667 words each…
Two weeks into NaNoWriMo 2021
Two weeks into NaNoWriMo 2021, and I’m still showing up. Although, I did miss Saturday. I am enjoying revision just as much as writing. It…
Day 7 of NaNo 2021.
Seven writing sessions in seven days. I’ve heard people say revision is the hard part. So far, I hardest part in revision has been looking…
National Novel Writing Month 2021
This year for NaNoWriMo I’m not going the traditional route of starting a new work and writing 50,000 words in thirty days. Rather, I’ll be…
Elements of the Writing Craft. Part Two: Character, Lesson Forty-Five: Moving Out of Dialogue
Ref: Pages 55 and 56 of the text by Robert Olmstead List five sets of characters, relatives, or friends who might have a conversation similar…