Okay… there have been times before that I’ve expressed my distaste for the three act structure, as I previously understood it. Basically, I didn’t understand what differentiated Act II and Act III… I got the crossing of the point-of-no-return from Act I to Act II, but I was under the impression that Act III was just the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Revision’
Understanding the Three Act Structure
Posted in Creative Process of Writing, Dexter Moon, Revision, Writing, reading, tagged Plot & Structure, plotting, Revision, three act structure, Writing, writing excuses on December 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Quick Editing Update
Posted in Dexter Moon, NaNoWriMo, Revision, Writing, reading, tagged editing, nanowrimo08, novel trade, Revision on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, I’ve been writing a lot about what I’ve been reading lately, and though I’ve considered yet another post about Twilight (which I finished last night while playing the surprisingly addictive iPod touch game, TapDefense), and am definitely planning one on Emily Climbs, by L.M. Montgomery, I kind of wanted to write a quick update [...]
A flash of inspiration.
Posted in Creative Process of Writing, Dexter Moon, Revision, Writing, tagged inspiration, Revision, Writing on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, I spent much of my free time today on I-10, and not much on Dexter Moon, but I wanted to at least get the first few steps of taking notes done tonight, because I know I’m going to have no time at all to do it tomorrow.
I wrote down my main theme, which has [...]
Changing Gears… or not.
Posted in Dexter Moon, Interstate 10, Revision, Writing, tagged Revision, Writing on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, I did read my current draft of Interstate-10 this morning. I haven’t done that in over a year, probably. Thought about it, took some notes, started writing things down… Learned some interesting things, caught a few little snippets of something interesting, started defining themes, subthemes, and story arcs, as described in One Pass Revision. [...]
Tools for revision
Posted in Creative Process of Writing, Dexter Moon, Interstate 10, Revision, Writing, tagged Revision, Writing on November 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So, using FedExKinkos’ PrintOnline service, I printed out my entire first draft for Dexter Moon, as well as my current working draft for I-10. Dexter Moon ended up coming in at 192 pages, and I-10 is 182 pages–Courier New 11-pt, double spaced (I knocked the font size down to save a bit on the cost. [...]
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