Every week I learn something new about the writing process. After all, everything I do is on a trail-by-error basis. (And there have been quite a few errors. But that's OK. I'm learning from them, and each lesson is allowing me to improve as a writer.) While I discovered the other week that, much to my surprise, … Continue reading Week #21 Overview
I thought it might be interesting to share the edited version of the extract I previously released before Christmas, to show the changes it has since gone through---how it has evolved through editing. This was done at the start of the year, and I can tell by re-reading it now for the first time since then … Continue reading Evolution of an Extract
Before I began drafting my first 100,000+ words of Everborne, I was worried Narrative 1 would need a complete rewrite. Well, it has. I'm no longer worried, though. Even if it means I won't have finished drafting by the end of the month, like I'd anticipated. The rewriting is as essential as the drafting, as without either I'd … Continue reading Week #20 Overview
If writing is like painting, then editing is like sculpting. With writing, it's about building up layers. Applying paint on top of paint. First you slather on blocks of colour to a blank canvas. Then you make your brush strokes heavier, more deliberate, the colours varied, more kaleidoscopic. You work this way, adding layer on top … Continue reading Weeks #18 & #19 Overview
