Today, I must be one with my keyboard. I must write like the wind. Deadlines. They are fun things. And they make such wonderful sounds as they fly by. 😉 First up. Stephen King.
Category Archives: Writing
On Structuring Acts
Last night, after a long day of writing and revising an outline, I printed off the work’s status quo and shoved it in my briefcase/bag-thing. It takes about an hour to get to work by subway and train, and there’s time that’s well spent doing something productive. 🙂 As I looked at what I had,Continue reading “On Structuring Acts”
On Putting Words on the Page
I spent the afternoon and evening working on a novel outline. As I am wont to tell people, I need outlines. I flail otherwise. About the longest I can write without an outline is 4k. That 4k is about all I can keep in my head, like an object. Anything longer, and I need atContinue reading “On Putting Words on the Page”
On Working It Out
I’d gotten stuck on an outline. I’d written myself into a corner. I saw the final scenes, clear as day. I knew the final scene inside and out. The problem was… I didn’t know how to get there. I’d reached a point, maybe sixty percent of the way into the story, where I couldn’t “see”Continue reading “On Working It Out”
On Writing and Bloggery
Sometimes I have bonkers story ideas. And sometimes those bonkers ideas need to… germinate. In July I had one of those ideas. It was a neat hook, but where does one go with it? I batted it around, I tried a couple of different angles, and earlier this week I figured out how to crackContinue reading “On Writing and Bloggery”
On “The Life Bringer”
I was flipping through the new Previews — that being the catalog of upcoming comics — and I saw that IDW Publishing is continuing with their Doctor Who Classics series. According to the solicit for Doctor Who Classics Volume 2, number 1, the classic fourth Doctor story being reprinted is “The Life Bringer.” In “TheContinue reading “On “The Life Bringer””
On Talking Blogging
James Bow pointed me in the direction of this, two questions that basically ask, “Why blog?” Let’s take a look at both, and see what sort of bloggery insights I may have in answering Amy’s questions… What is one thing you wish you knew about blogging when you started or what advice would you giveContinue reading “On Talking Blogging”
On Rethinking Scenes
So, the other day I sketched out a scene for the novel I’m plotting while on the subway ride home. As I wrote on this website at the time, I saw it as a follow-on to a previously sketched out scene. Then, while walking to the post office on my lunch break today, I hadContinue reading “On Rethinking Scenes”
On Another Scene
I’ve had a story on the brain of late. The story… well, I’d call it “emotionally bleak.” It’s a story of great sorrow, and sometimes I “feel” the characters in my head as I’m working through the plot permutations. I sketched out a scene while riding the subway recently. Today, while riding the subway, IContinue reading “On Another Scene”
On Writing on the Subway
Sometimes, the best place to write, or at least sketch-write, is on the subway. It’s a captive place. There’s not much else to do. It’s easy to whip out a notepad and pen and jot down ideas. Lately, my head has been in a specific place. It’s working out a story. It’s a depressing story,Continue reading “On Writing on the Subway”