In the past, I’d finish a chapter of something and let it marinate, let my juices recharge, get back to the next chapter when I’ve a mind to. That approach, it no worky. So the fifth Chapter of Void is finished. I’m not going to post a link to it, because Void chapters are spoken for by… Read More UJ9 Upcoming, Outlining LT6
Writing -any creative endeavor, really – is all about giving yourself permission to fail. Now, in one sense, that’s idiotic and ridiculous. The purpose of art is not to make something that’s bad. It’s not to allow something that’s bad to enter the market. The purpose of art is to make something that people respond… Read More WriteTip: When You Get Stuck, You Just Keep Going
I fully enjoy the irony of that title. I did it on purpose. Anyway, here’s the second chapter. Actual temptation occurs, and Yeshua contemplates a world made of bread.
You’re a writer. You don’t know how to proceed with a project you have started. Whatever shall you do? Let’s start with a windy essay on the subject from the New Yorker. It follows the following steps: Relevant interest-grabber from the life of Graham Greene. Theoretical support from psychoanalysts of the Freudian school. Empirical support… Read More Writer’s Block and the Surpassing Thereof
Chapter 3 of Void got finished last night (I’ve made some minor edits to the first few chapters). It will be part of Unnamed Journal, Issue 7, which is supposed to be out November 15th. That will be our year anniversary issue, so check the Facebook Page. Big changes will be afoot: a free back… Read More Progress on the Writing Front
In the minds of many authors, there are two ways to write a piece of fiction: Outlining (“Prepping”). You figure out what’s happening, who the characters are, the arcs, everything. You do this before you’ve “written” a single word. Then, when you do sit down, you have a plan. Discovering (“Pantsing”). You sit down and… Read More Prepping vs. Pantsing, Outlining vs. Discovering – Where I come down on the Great Writer Divide
Content Blues 