Monday: It was a short day for everything due to an out-of-town appointment this afternoon. I managed an hour of idea generation working on summaries and jotting down titles and another half hour of writing long hand away from home, but that’s it. I didn’t even get to the research! …
Monday: I devoted most of the day to idea generation in one form or another. The best success was with writing new summaries or expanding old ones, but that’s no surprise. I decided to try something different and write as moved by music. I sat in my chair for half …
Monday: I try to begin my work week with an hour of idea generation. The actual goal is to do an hour each week, but I’ve found it’s best to get this thing checked off the ‘to-do’ list as quickly as possible. The accomplishment of such a seemingly simple thing …
Last week, I identified the five most important parts of the story (you can read that article here). The beginning, the end, and each of the three major turning points. These five items are the basic framework that supports the rest of the story. As you recall, we ended last …
Monday: The day and week began with an hour of idea generation, as usual. In at least one case, I picked up where I left off Saturday evening, expanding some of the thoughts on story world that I began exploring through the summary process. Something seems to be taking shape. …
Last week, I described the process I use most often to evaluate story ideas. That is, to determine which ones are worth pursuing and which ones are better left alone. (Read that post here.) This week, I want to walk through the first stages of that process. For me, designing …
The past week was about as opposite the previous week as it’s possible to get. For the week of February 20, I had a set idea in mind of what I wanted to do each day and how much time I’d spend each day. While I fell short on putting …
An interesting thing happened last week. An unexpected and unexpectedly delightful thing. As you may recall, Saving Grace is temporarily off limits while I take a breather from it. That means my daily writing time is open to whatever writing or writing exercises I want to assign myself. The writing …
I accidentally got a couple days off this past week. Accidentally because they were the result of injury incurred in a brief altercation with a juice glass and the resulting cut to the heel of my right hand. Much bleeding, but no lasting damage and everything is fine, now. But …
I spent most of this week working on idea generation. Random scenes, sketching new characters or developing existing characters, story summaries, and identifying themes. While no one story advanced much, several new possibilities were explored. Writing scene sequences was especially productive. Three of the six working days had word counts …