Following the Plot All The Way Through to the End
Wanted to drop by and share something interesting with all of you about what I’ve been learning lately. So, in the first version of ARGENTUM, I wanted to explore the world of the Violet War and needed a story to do it. Did my first draft make an excellent novel? NO. Why? Because the story [...]
A Renewed Sense of Focus
After a lovely yet busy week, I was finally able to sit down this morning with my manuscript for ARGENTUM and focus on the rewrite. I hit today’s goal with no trouble whatsoever; the re-plotting I did to ensure the story had a much narrower focus is working beautifully. I feel that that need to [...]
Wrangling the Details through Novel Writing Tools
One of the things that has been difficult to manage through the rewrite process, is the sheer volume of characters and places within the setting. As a result, the story was confusing for me to write, because this is the world that never ends. To help me wrangle this beast, I started looking at tools [...]
Taking a Serious Look at Chapter Breaks
For those of you who were here for much of the first draft, you know that I had employed a writing technique where I wrote a chapter and then offered a piece of the main character’s memory as the chapter break. The memories in the work are exceptionally important to the plot. Believe me when [...]
It’s March and I’m declaring WAR…on my Manuscript!
Did you know that March was named after Mars, the Roman god of war? Well, this month I’m declaring war…on my manuscript! After going through a few drafts, there are a couple of things I need to revise: 1) The overall story needs to be consistent and a lot more simplified so that it can [...]
Revisions Update and a Look at 2010
Hi folks, In December, I focused on the revisions for ARGENTUM through a December Writing Marathon that I had come up with. December was an extraordinarily busy month for several reasons, including a few additional projects that I did not expect to come up. Even though I didn’t get as much done as I wanted [...]
