Recently, Dean Wesley Smith blogged about writing a 70,000 word novel in 10 days.
It was fascinating to read how he did it, his attitudes toward writing, etc. A lot of it is apply butt to chair, trust the process, trust your writerly brain.…
One of the things that I always find frustrating with rewrites is how to measure my effort. For example, I worked for about two hours today on the rewrite of Zydeco Queen. In terms of word count, I only added about 600 new words.…
I started the rewrite of “Zydeco Queen” last night.
One of the things I can say about my writing is that it’s powerful. I don’t feel that while I’m writing it. But afterward, I can come back, and I can see the energy.…
I have a timer on the work computer (as well as the home computer.) I work for 55 minutes, then I’m supposed to take a 5 minute break. I recently made myself a standing desk for doing the day job (nothing fancy — a bunch of books on one of my end tables.)…
I tend to approach the world with confidence. Or at least most people who know me believe that. And it’s mostly true. It isn’t that my confidence is faked — but sometimes it isn’t as complete as it appears externally. It may be squishy, easily dissolved, or even hollow in places.…
I have finished the rewrite of the three novels! or at least this rewrite
w00t!
Three things were key for me for this project:
1. Know thy process. By identifying what I was really afraid of, what had bogged me down before, I was able to figure out some strategies for overcoming them.…
I finished reading every chapter of the third novel out loud, as well as incorporating the changes this morning.
YAY!!!
I’ve already put the first novel through this process. Which means I only have the second novel to do this to.…
Uhmm — I’ve pretty much finished all the bulleted points that I had in the outline for the rewrite.
I honestly didn’t think I’d get to this point until really close to the end of the 100 days. To say I’m shocked isn’t strong enough.…
Like a lot of other writers, I have to write. There isn’t a choice about whether I want to write or not.
When I talk about that urge, I’ve always been talking about the desire to put words onto paper, to make up stories.…