Posted in Work In Progress, Writing, tagged Writing, diminishing returns, writing pace, pages each day on June 22, 2008 | 13 Comments »
So I’ve started this new book, I have a great story, it’s practically writing itself, I’m not having to struggle with “what happens next” or any of the other frustrations (so far) that indicate the story has a problem at an organic level. I already have the synopsis. I should be writing 20 pages a [...]
Posted in Exercise, Work In Progress, Writing, tagged NaNoWriMo, SoCNoC, weather, Wii, Writing, yoga on June 20, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I managed to make some word-count progress on the new book yesterday. However, it’s not as high as it could have been because I went back and tinkered with Chapter One. So for every single addition to the word-counter, I rewrote 5 words. But that’s okay. Chapter One is almost to the point where I [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Work In Progress, Writing, tagged teens, Firemen, remodeling, synopsis, query, pancakes on May 4, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Just a sprinkling of sugar today:
We’re off to our local Firehouse’s annual Pancake Breakfast. Yum, yum, yum. 13 and 9 look forward to this all year.
9 had a huge nosebleed last night. He was worried about getting blood all over the inside of the shower, so he got out, soaking wet, to get blood all [...]
Posted in Daily Life, Work In Progress, Writing on April 9, 2008 | 6 Comments »
It’s like biography haiku. Only harder.
Smith Magazine is asking readers to submit their six-word memoirs at their site.
I love this idea. As novelists, we’re always challenged to distill our stories into one sentence. The only limitation being to keep it less than 25 words.
But could you do it in 6?
I tried and I could [...]
