This is one of those weird things about me that I never think to share when I have to tell people weird things about myself. I’m not triskadecaphobic, at all–I have nothing against Friday the Thirteenth. Nor do I particularly like it. But I really enjoy Thursday the Thirteenth, or as it was yesterday, Saturday [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Writing’
Posted in Creative Process of Writing, Writing, reading, tagged Elizabeth Berg, Writing, writing books, writing exercises, writing inspiration on December 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
When a character walks into a store…
Posted in Creative Process of Writing, Dexter Moon, Life, Writing, tagged characters, Writing on December 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Have you ever seen one of your characters in person?
I did, today.
I’m currently working in a toy store part time. Today, one of our customers was a woman, late thirties, with a young daughter, about three or so. She was checking out, and stayed, talking, for quite a while. I wasn’t actually helping her, I [...]
The Emily Books
Posted in Creative Process of Writing, Life, Writing, reading, tagged Anne of Green Gables, Emily Climbs, Emily of New Moon, Emily's Quest, L. M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery, reading, The Alpine Path, Writing on December 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, rather than editing, I finished Emily’s Quest, by Lucy Maud Montgomery, tonight.
I, like so many other women, grew up with the Anne of Green Gables series of books. Or rather, they grew up with me. I’ve read them all, most of them multiple times. As I grew up, different books spoke to me, as [...]
Frustrations with Twilight and “The Girl in the dark alleyway.”
Posted in Writing, reading, tagged Twilight, Writing on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, I’m reading, or rather listening to, Twilight very slowly, at least by my standards. If I’d had the book in my hand, I’m sure I’d have finished it the first night. It is engaging. As it is, I’m not quite halfway through, and starting to get frustrated with Bella, in part because she actually [...]
A day off…
Posted in Creative Process of Writing, Writing, reading, tagged books about writing, libraries, reading, Twilight, Writing on December 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday was a long, long day. And it came after a string of long days. Meh. This morning, therefore, I spent my time doing absolutely nothing on my “to do” list, and instead, sat and read and snuggled with Skittles.
Am feeling somewhat more refreshed now, but I still seem to not want to do anything. [...]
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. [...]
The End.
Posted in Dexter Moon, NaNoWriMo, Writing, tagged nanowrimo08, Writing on November 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
So, I did it. I finished. I wrote those two beloved little words.
The End.
This draft has come out to a total of either 55,891 words, or 56,032 words, depending on whether or not you count scene headers (which are mostly descriptive, for my own use.)
I started it at 12:01 a.m., November 1, 2008, and finished [...]
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