The Perils of Pre-Writing?
Many, many years ago, an English teacher tried to tell me that I had to write my story before I wrote my story. What’s more, she wanted me to apply this concept to research papers, essays and just about any bit of writing I was ever going to do. Clearly, I thought, she’s insane. Who writes their [...]
The trouble with writing out of your element
“They” say that one of the best things a writer can do to hone his/her craft is to read. I read. Quite a bit, in fact. I read non-fiction, contemporary fiction, classical fiction, cookbooks, how-to books… I read it all.
I don’t read sci-fi/fantasy. There are a few notable exceptions, but for the most part, I [...]
Kick-Start
Let’s start this year off with a bang – I begin with total honesty and full disclosure:
At this moment, with my “Untitled Sci-Fi/Fantasy Project” I have written slightly over 50k words. I haven’t made much progress at all since NaNoWriMo ended… in fact, most of the words I’ve added to my initial 47k WriMo word [...]