Category: Books
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On Ohio, and the novels, and the new class
Just small news here. The new class is finished in first draft, and I’m now (and for the first time ever) doing the complete course bug-hunt and clean-up BEFORE I put the course on sale. Yes, it will take longer. But it will also guarantee that the class will be less first-time-through splintery. I’m still…
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And about the New Secret Writing Course…
I discovered there were two essential lessons I left out. So I wrote them. And now THEY’RE done. Now I’m contemplating some sort of bonus for the course, but in the meantime, I’m going to be setting up the new classroom with the lessons, and getting everything ready to make the course available to students.…
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NEW SECRET BIG COURSE: Lesson 15 is Started. And finished.
Sat down. Wrote. I knew what I wanted, I knew what I needed… And I love it when a plan comes together. Damn! Granted, I’m out of bed at 6 AM, and hauling ass for five straight hours on just this one thing, so this project is NOT coming together out of magic and fairy…
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Secret Course Lesson 13 now done, worksheet has to wait until tomorrow
This particular lesson was tougher to break down into pieces — so it took me from 6 AM until just now just to lay out the lesson, and then write it out. So now I have to stop, but I’ll come back in tomorrow, and do a read-through, and from that, figure out some ways…
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Update on the new Big Writing Course
I’m STILL in the middle of building my new Secret Big Class. Just finished Lesson 11 — a pretty big lesson. I’m currently looking an about twenty lessons total, so I’m making really good headway. And… I’m excited about the way this class is coming together. Had no idea what I was going to offer…
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And wrapped the new Big Course Lesson 9
Very happy with what I got today on the SECRET TOPIC Fiction-Writing Big Course. I’m moving steadily through the lessons and worksheets. Finished Lesson NINE of twenty-three planned, so I’m not to the halfway point yet (that will be when I FINISH lesson 12), but I’m making very good progress. Won’t put it on sale…
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Finished Lesson 8 of the new (name withheld) Fiction Writing Course
Got over 2000 words today. I am pushing hard on this class, and looking forward to: A) Finishing all the lessons… and B) Putting the class on sale I needed to get some distance from the Ohio novels, so I can read back through the books I already have, and take a look at a…
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YESTERDAY’s work… finished Lesson 5 of the new Big Writing Course…
Got my fiction first TODAY — had to toss a bit of the most recent scene, came in with new words, and even came out a bit ahead. Came out with a net gain of 148 words. Not what I’d hoped for, but I’m glad to be getting fiction. And the RETHINK part of the…
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Secret Big Class: Day 2
Today’s objective was 1000 words on Ohio 4, and both starting and finishing Secret Writing Class Worksheet #1. It always amazes me how much harder it is to build a worksheet than to write the actual lesson it supports. It also amazes me that I forget this fact. I decided to do the worksheet before…