I finished up the dossiers for the five main characters in the new novel. The last item on each was a paragraph that explained that character’s storyline. Funny thing was that when I got to the end of the fifth one, I realized that none of them matched all of the details (where people met, [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Let It Snow
Posted in writing on May 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Catch-And-Release Storyteller
Posted in writing on May 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As I mentioned last time, I began work on my next novel using the “snowflake method.” I got as far as Step Two (of ten) and started spinning my wheels. Step Two is where I take the simple one-sentence storyline that I wrote in Step One and expand it into a paragraph. My original inspiration [...]
I’m Not A Slacker, Really.
Posted in writing on May 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Wow, it’s been a long time since my last post. I haven’t been sitting around doing nothing for the past couple of weeks, though. I’ve actually had a lot of stuff going on.
I’ve started reading my novel aloud, which is really weird. I talk to myself a lot (I’m usually the only one who will [...]
