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Timewise, I’m currently at the halfway point. Revision wise, I’m fighting off the DIP (deadline induced panic).
As I fight off the panic and continue working on the novel, I offer you a sneak peak at Half Lives.
Kyler Withers decided it was safe to teach journalism again when he stopped dreaming of dead children.
It was […]
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The revision is creeping along. Today I cut out a witty exchange between two characters. The dialogue was great, showing what good friends they were, and how funny they could be.
It added nothing to the story, though. No tension. No foreshadowing. Nothing.
I celebrated this decision by whining.
me: ugh. This is taking forever.
Jen the roommate: how far […]
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I’ve got five weeks to finish the Half Lives revision. Right now the story is good; when I’m done, it will be brilliant.
Between now and then, though, it’s going to suck.
Revision is an interesting process. Some writers hate writing and love revising; others love writing and hate revising. Me, I fall into the later category. […]
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I had the neatest dream last night. There was this organization and it was preparing for its annual hunt. They would steal shadows, and later that night would release them. The shadows were actually people’s spirits, and the group would hunt and kill them. The people would mysteriously die in their sleep, and no one […]
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When I was a kid, getting sick was fun. Not the throwing up/fever aspect, but the part where I got to stay home from school and watch television and have my mom bring me orange juice and toast.
As I got older, the fun faded. In college being sick meant missing lectures that I’d paid for, and […]
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After I questioned every scene in my outline, it grew from three pages to twelve. Snippets were written and added, and by this morning I had sixty pages.
*sigh*
Now, to question the characters.
The process is akin to what I did to the scenes. Who’s the protagonist? What do they want? What do they hope for? What […]
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I’m currently bouncing back and forth between two revisions. One will creep forward, and then the other will, and then I sneak off to work on the sequel for the first one. The writing is both a reward and a necessity–I have until the second week of July to finish at least fifty pages so […]
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When I was at Odyssey, I was told that it was important for writers to belong to writing organizations. Some of the reasons include:
* networking
* someone to talk to the publisher on your behalf if there were problems (like they hadn’t paid you)
* place to learn which agents to pursue
* members share up-to-date info on […]
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Whenever any of my books comes out, I tend to spend the first couple days bouncing off the walls. It’s out, it’s out, it’s out. What if everyone thinks it sucks?
Thankfully, I’ve gotten a couple e-mails so I know at least two people liked Shadow Hunt (thanks!). As I continue bouncing off the walls, please […]
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I just finished write-a-thon (the May edition). It’s an epic race between two writers who want to get the words out but, for various reasons, are having trouble. At stake is a $20 Starbucks card.
The contest is fun and, more importantly, makes me write. Whatever was stalling me before fades and my fingers do their […]
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The revision is creeping along. Today I cut out a witty exchange between two characters. The dialogue was great, showing what good friends they were, and how funny they could be.
It added nothing to the story, though. No tension. No foreshadowing. Nothing.
I celebrated this decision by whining.
me: ugh. This is taking forever.
Jen the roommate: how far […]
-
I’ve got five weeks to finish the Half Lives revision. Right now the story is good; when I’m done, it will be brilliant.
Between now and then, though, it’s going to suck.
Revision is an interesting process. Some writers hate writing and love revising; others love writing and hate revising. Me, I fall into the later category. […]
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I had the neatest dream last night. There was this organization and it was preparing for its annual hunt. They would steal shadows, and later that night would release them. The shadows were actually people’s spirits, and the group would hunt and kill them. The people would mysteriously die in their sleep, and no one […]
-
When I was a kid, getting sick was fun. Not the throwing up/fever aspect, but the part where I got to stay home from school and watch television and have my mom bring me orange juice and toast.
As I got older, the fun faded. In college being sick meant missing lectures that I’d paid for, and […]
-
After I questioned every scene in my outline, it grew from three pages to twelve. Snippets were written and added, and by this morning I had sixty pages.
*sigh*
Now, to question the characters.
The process is akin to what I did to the scenes. Who’s the protagonist? What do they want? What do they hope for? What […]
-
I’m currently bouncing back and forth between two revisions. One will creep forward, and then the other will, and then I sneak off to work on the sequel for the first one. The writing is both a reward and a necessity–I have until the second week of July to finish at least fifty pages so […]
-
When I was at Odyssey, I was told that it was important for writers to belong to writing organizations. Some of the reasons include:
* networking
* someone to talk to the publisher on your behalf if there were problems (like they hadn’t paid you)
* place to learn which agents to pursue
* members share up-to-date info on […]
-
Whenever any of my books comes out, I tend to spend the first couple days bouncing off the walls. It’s out, it’s out, it’s out. What if everyone thinks it sucks?
Thankfully, I’ve gotten a couple e-mails so I know at least two people liked Shadow Hunt (thanks!). As I continue bouncing off the walls, please […]
-
I just finished write-a-thon (the May edition). It’s an epic race between two writers who want to get the words out but, for various reasons, are having trouble. At stake is a $20 Starbucks card.
The contest is fun and, more importantly, makes me write. Whatever was stalling me before fades and my fingers do their […]
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