One of the things I have to revisit several times is the first few pages of the book. My last few novels have all started out in the here and now, with ordinary people in ordinary lives, but by the end of the tale, the protagonist has become powerful, or famous — an inventor, an… Continue reading That Annoying First Chapter
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Clean up time
I’m deep in the process of turning a rough first draft of the new novel “Falling Bakward” into a cleaner version suitable for other eyes. It was very discouraging yesterday, as I waded through the first two chapters and found so many horrible errors. But today, it was much smoother going. I find that when… Continue reading Clean up time
Falling Bak-ward has reached First Draft
Time to celebrate. Just a few minutes ago, I wrote THE END on the first draft of my newest novel “Falling Bak-ward”. This is the completion of step two in my personal writing process. I had written an outline. Lately they are huge. It was a 23,000 word outline for an 86,000 word novel. Now… Continue reading Falling Bak-ward has reached First Draft