Hello and welcome back to “A Writer Watching – Eternals”! This is the second part of a two part series, so if you’re just joining us now, you might want to check out part one first via this link. But if you’re like, “Nah,” for any reason, I have to clarify again that the purpose... Continue Reading →
Process in Progress #5 (continued) – I Realized What Was Slowing Down My Edits: Me
Okay. I promise that I’m not stressed out. Edits didn’t go poorly. But they didn’t go poorly because I had a breakthrough . . . that took extremely long to hit me. “If you edit something for long enough, it stops getting better—it just starts getting different.” I don’t remember who told me that. Someone... Continue Reading →
Process in Progress #5 – I Need to Figure Out My Editing Process
Things That Happened While My Back Was Busted: I watched The Princess Bride, and in doing so discovered that . . . holy shit, Inigo Montoya is really the protagonist of that story. Like, the Han Solo factor of “Why am I not following this guy the whole time?” couples so strongly with his arc... Continue Reading →
Camp NaNoWriMo 2021: Week 6 (Bonus) – We Are Not Yet in the Endgame
Yep, I was overconfident about how far I would get this week. To give myself credit, I haven't written yet today (although I started the day with my first D&D session in over a month, so I feel totally justified). My point is, technically, I will be further along by 2AM. However, full disclosure--staying honest--I... Continue Reading →
Edited in Post – The Falcon & The Winter Soldier
Disclaimer 1: Spoilers for The Falcon & The Winter Soldier. Seriously, if you haven't watched the entire series, read no further. Disclaimer 2: I enjoyed TF&TWS. After last week's post, I was happy that the finale answered a few questions I had and focused enough on Sam that I wasn't annoyed. Last week, I was... Continue Reading →
The Plot, As It Is Now
Hi there. Apologies for this one being late, but I used my days off this week to hunker down and finish editing Memory: Shadow of the Lord Sun. I completed it on Tuesday, then had to work the rest of the week until today, so sacrifices were made. I'm still really happy about it though, because... Continue Reading →
A New Methodology
Writing used to be a feel good, hobby-ish thing for me. I would sit down and stare at my computer and brainstorm about what would happen next. And more often than not, an answer would not come. But that was always okay--cause it would come in time! As long as I was getting something done... Continue Reading →
A Split in the Road
I remember finishing the second draft of my book. I made the last corrections and was content. My friends and I had a barbeque over it and I was pretty certain I was about to achieve total victory; there was just one edit left--the one where I would spruce up all of the writing and... Continue Reading →
The Editing Process
Around when his eyes start to sting and his head begins to throb, Louis realizes he misses the writing process and very much prefers it to the editing process. Fondly, he remembers that the former was like this: -Louis sits down at his computer and rereads the pages he wrote the previous day (or the... Continue Reading →