“Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.” -Samuel Beckett After a month in which I wrote almost nothing, I thought it would be appropriate to focus this blog post on the value of writing less. By that, I don’t mean writing breaks. I mean giving your words, your characters, and your…
Category: Writing Thoughts
The Definition of Done
See These Bones Status: “Done” (136,344 words) After somewhere between seven and nine months of writing, I finished the first draft of See These Bones last night. I then imported the manuscript into Calibre, converted it to mobi format, dropped it on my Kindle, posted a quick Facebook status update to crow about being…
The Trouble with Chapter Subtitles
All is going well on the writing front, and I’ll be adding a new status post towards the tail end of next week. However, as I’ve also started another editing pass on The Many Travails of John Smith, I wanted to take a moment today to write about a literary device I regret employing with…
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