My approach to revision hasn’t changed much over the years. I know there are writers who do it as they go along, but my method of attack has always been to plunge in and go as fast as I can, keeping the edge of my narrative blade as sharp as possible by constant use, and …
Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. F. Scott Fitzgerald ‘Round and ’round she goes, this Ouroboros of goals. This was a bad week for writing, overall. No excuses, I’m just really quite terrible at realizing the amount of time these tasks are going to take and end up wildly underestimating and suffering …
“Go back?” he thought. “No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit OH NO, WHAT DAY IS IT? List, fam, I’ve got goals and those goals do NOT afford a missed weekly article, so here we are. A day late, a buck short, …
The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible. Mark Twain I am my own worst enemy in many ways. Many, many ways. I guess I could put all of them on the list of things to cover, but for now I’m focusing on the one that matters specifically for …
I have a soul of lead // So stakes me to the ground I cannot move. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Apologies for the unexpected absence last week, I fell victim to a nasty case of the flu that’s had me down and out pretty much since then. I haven’t had the flu in… honestly, …
He didn’t say anything funny or clever, and, to be on the safe side … whenever possible, he didn’t say anything at all. Speak when you’re spoken to. Do your own time. Get out. Go home. … Rebuild a life.” Neil Gaiman, American Gods Hello, my lovely Dwellers. As you (hopefully) noticed, I’ve done a …
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. – Jesus, Matthew 26:41 Happy Palm Sunday, everyone. Today also just happens to be the 10th birthday of my youngest, which makes me and the missus officially old now that all of our kids have hit their double digits. I’ve been struck by something of late, …
Scared. Yes. Of course you are, he thought. Only the ones just starting out – the kids – aren’t scared. The years go by and the words on the page don’t get any darker… but the white space sure does get whiter. Scared? You’d be crazier than you are if you weren’t. Stephen King, The …
When he began writing it was often like this – a dry and sterile exercise. No, it was worse than that. Starting off always felt a little obscene to him. Like French kissing a corpse. Stephen King, The Dark Half The muse has not been kind of late. Yes, I know, I don’t believe in …
Attention is currency these days, and a lot of motherf*****s are bankrupt. It’sAGundam Hey there, Dwellers. It’s me. One of those motherf*****s. In what I can only attribute to either a delicious piece of irony or a divine slap across the face, I was busy multitasking about five different activities with an It’sAGundam video on …
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