Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing: Here are a few quotations about creating first drafts to inspire all of us to keep writing: (https://pixabay.com) “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” … via Quotations on Writing First Drafts — charles french words reading and writing
Good Post at madgeniusclub about making sure your readers are getting the cues you’re giving them, and more importantly, not reading cues that you don’t intend to be there: You need to be aware that if you’ve got a strong mystery plot, you should be putting in the cues for the red herrings and the… Read More Vlad the Impaler and Cue-ing Your Readers
Since reading some Raymond Carver, I’ve worked with the idea that short fiction doesn’t have to be a mini-novel. It can be a scene. It’s given me the confidence to do knock some short stories out. I’m working on one now that’s going to be for submission to one of the magazines Author Publish keeps… Read More When Stories Balloon
One of the difficulties of approaching art of any kind is learning to drop your prejudices when encountering it. This is true regardless of what class of art you’re talking about. It’s very easy to dismiss something you haven’t read as without value, because if it had value, you’d have already appreciated it, right?… Read More Of Conan and Carver
New books are live. More books are coming. The Devil Left Him is up on sale on Amazon. I just did the official announcement on Periscope. The Devil Left Him: Official Anouncement! https://t.co/1QM8l1tPx6 — Andrew J. Patrick (@ajpwriter) July 25, 2017 That should have showed up on Facebook as well. I explain that the book… Read More Everything is Back on Track!
Or, Volume 2, Issue 4, if you prefer. Last issue was WW1-related, this one dives into the existential murk that accompanies space travel. It has the recently-finished final three chapters of Void, and an Alfred Underhill short story, The Tribe. It’s good stuff. Read it for free at Joomag.
I just put the most satisfying words – THE END – an author ever composes onto Void. The last three chapters will be available in their entirety in the next issue of Unnamed Journal. Which means I’ve finished almost a week ahead of my June 1st deadline. Which means I’ve hit all my deadlines this year –… Read More That’s Three Novellas Done, Gang.
Climax done. Now for denouement. I’m toying with making rumors of a characters demise greatly exaggerated. I don’t know if I like the character or just didn’t like the death I had planned. It’s all in the soup, folks.
Last time I posted, I sounded a little overwhelmed by the threads I needed to nail down to finish Void. Today, I can safely report that I’ve finished the 6th Chapter, and am confident that I’ve set the third act up in such a way as to be able to be confident of a quick Chapter… Read More Quick Void Update
I’ve been told by people that it’s impressive how much progress I’m making in these projects I’m doing. I appreciate their appreciation, and prefer that I’m actually getting things done instead of aspiring to them. But I, as the author, know better. Void is a pain in my butt. Because I’ve been writing it for a… Read More Struggling Through the Void
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