Just Keep Writing

I’ve been on a writing streak the last few days, logging about 1000 or so words a day on my Historical Fiction WIP in addition to working on my 5000 word submission for… Continue reading →

Novel Progress ~ Day 91

Back with a Novel update… About a week or so back, I mentioned the First Act Slump I was mired in with my Historical Fiction WIP; I discovered a pretty big lapse in… Continue reading →

Jean-Paul Sartre was wrong… Hell is writing Synopses

If you thought writing was hard, try condensing a 95k+ novel into a 400 word synopsis…. Can you say ‘pain in the ass’? … or as my pal Sartre might have said, ‘Ça… Continue reading →

Maybe the First Act Slump Serves a Purpose…

Before I get to the meat of this post, let me say a quick thank you to Kellie Larsen Murphy for nominating me for the Kreativ Blogger award! It’s always nice to have… Continue reading →

Breaking the Block

Many, many great bloggers and websites have talked about various ways to break writer’s block, from implementing a schedule and setting deadlines to physical exercise. Most methods are well worth the effort (and… Continue reading →

The First Act Slump

You’re moving along with your story and everything is fine and dandy. 2,000 words quickly become 5,000, which multiply into 10,000, and you’re thinking “Man! This book is writing itself!” You hit 20,000,… Continue reading →

Q is for… Quite a Journey (if the writer can manage it)

Okay so today’s post might be a stretch in terms of using the letter “Q”; but one of my lovely followers, JK Ford, left a comment on yesterday’s post regarding a diagram or… Continue reading →

L is for… Less is More

That’s the motto I’m drifting towards in my writing. Less is more; I’m trying not to bog down my chapters with too much detail, not letting my scenes get too weighty with exposition… Continue reading →

H is for… Hero

“A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this… Continue reading →

D is for… Denouement

Poe, in his Philosophy of Composition, said that ‘Nothing is more clear than that every plot, worth the name, must be elaborated to its denouement before anything be attempted with the pen.‘ A… Continue reading →