Today, just like Monday and yesterday, was 100% new words. 2115 of them at final count, probably about twice that many that I actually wrote to get the ones I kept. Everything I wrote today required new settings, new names, a completely different starting point — every single word was brand new. So what makes… Continue reading Dead Man’s Party Revision – Wednesday, and the NEW character arrives.
Category: Stand-Alone Fiction
Dead Man’s Party — The Write-In Revision is done.
Have been working on the read-through/write-in revision of Dead Man’s Party for the past month or so. Finished it today after a four-hour hard push. So the next step, which starts tomorrow, is to build the color-coded index card line-for-scene, which is my PLAN for FIXING IT. That should anywhere between a day or two… Continue reading Dead Man’s Party — The Write-In Revision is done.
Dead Man’s Party: Wrote the SERIES ending…
DEAD MAN’S PARTY Last week I wrote a stand-alone ending for Dead Man’s Party. This week, because I had one week and one chapter left, I wrote a series ending, and showed how I built out pieces of story that do not exist in the first draft, but that, if I decide I want Dead Man’s… Continue reading Dead Man’s Party: Wrote the SERIES ending…
Dead Man’s Party: Finished the novel first draft
I finished another novel today — this one pretty much on schedule. I’d planned it for 50,000 words, and came in at 50,085. Wrote 1847 words in a smidge over a hour to get there. I got a GOOD ending for the novel. Most of the time, great endings are something I build in revision,… Continue reading Dead Man’s Party: Finished the novel first draft
Why I shut down my Patreon fundraiser
I’d intended to send a Questions & Answers email to my How to Write a Novel launch list, but that’s going to have to wait.Instead, I did THIS. Closed my “Move out of Florida while writing fiction” fundraiser. Here’s why — it’s this clause in the Patreon Legal Agreement https://www.patreon.com/legal By posting content to Patreon you grant us a… Continue reading Why I shut down my Patreon fundraiser
Becoming Piers Anthony: The Not-Impossible Dream of 3 Books A Year
A couple of things have changed in my life recently, one of which has been the writing of Dead Man’s Party, my demo novel for the writing class I’m currently building, How to Write a Novel. I’ve been dedicating one concentrated hour or so a week to the writing of the first draft (and a… Continue reading Becoming Piers Anthony: The Not-Impossible Dream of 3 Books A Year
