Category: writing process

Another draft down! Wo-hoo! This draft is a fun one, because I get to put in chapter markers. That, for some reason, is Big Joy for me. It has chapters! Twelve of them! And they are numbered! (Please forgive the uncharacteristic use of the exclamation point. I generally refrain. But sometimes, you just gotta do

(Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV – all available for your reading pleasure. You’re welcome.) And today? It’s all about completion. We must finish the things we start. Say it with me. Finish the things we start. Can I hear it again? Finish what we start. This works on a few levels. Please

Part I, here, and Part II, here. Some of us have to read things in order. Some of us don’t care. But I am an equal-opportunity blogger, so I’ll give you the choice of just skipping right to the juicy part. Um, this is the juicy part. Right here. CONFLICT. Don’t we hate it? I

Writing Business, Part I is over here. Good morning, class. Today we discuss Choices. And Consequences. (*cricket chirps in the silence*) Okay, but really? Stick with me here, because this is where the What comes in. We established in the last post that I think the most important part of a story is the Character.