For me anyhoo… It’s a weird thing. I have a 35 year history in Information Technology. I’ve worked on Macs and PC, TokenRing and Ethernet,…
Writer
Category: On Writing
Until the end of last week, I was using Scrivener all lopsided. I would read through my summary or story and highlight a section, create a comment, then pick a color at random. There was no rhyme or reason. It was a lot like I (used to) write – by the seat of my pants, no rhyme or reason.
I’ve read a crap-ton of books on writing. Not only how-to books, but marketing books, start to finish books, outlining, structure, story, and so…
Inspiration is one thing, but without drive and motivation, inspiration is an empty promise. Anyone can be inspired at any time. What you do with that inspiration is another thing entirely. I sat on my inspiration for 30 years. My daughter, took it and ran until she found her spot in the universe of things.
I’m not sure where I got the idea. What I’m sharing may be a Hodge-Podge of ideas. It could be it’s based on one idea I read about where the author has a conversation with himself.
In my previous ramblings I talk about outlining, my journey, and the story.. I used to think getting published was the big “hurdle” when it…
It’s 2004, and I have decided this will be my first year doing National Novel Writing Month. I heard about it from a friend of…
Yesterday I completed the summary for Darkness of the Northern Sky. It’s as complete as I can get it for now. The summary is just…
I didn’t know, or maybe I knew and just didn’t realize, the amount of work that goes into creating a novel of some quality. Sure,…