Of late, in addition to hammering at the rough draft of Way of the Shield (yes, that’s just a working title), I’ve been cranking out summaries for intended second and […]
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Stepping Back to look at the Big Picture
This weekend was spent, in part, organizing and purging. This tied, in part, to deciding to rename the warrior orders in Druthal. Going through documents, finding outdated info, changing the […]
Read moreUsing Structure to Best Effect
Like I’ve always said, I’m a planner and an outliner. I can’t just wing my way through a novel.I need my big picture. Part of having that big picture outlook […]
Read moreThe Problem with Being a Planner
I don’t ever tried to hide the fact that when it comes to the planner/pantser divide between writers, I fall firmly on the side of planners. (Except when it comes […]
Read moreThe Full Twelve Part Outline Structure
I have mentioned, of course, that I’m a big fan of planning and outlining. I have talked a few times about my Twelve Part Outline structure (and have talked at […]
Read moreStructure vs. formula
There is always going to be the great Planner vs. Pantser argument amongst writers. Of late, I’ve been seeing threads of hostility amongst the planners towards the pantsers. Not open […]
Read moreThe Twelve Part Outline, Part III
The third part of the twelve part outline, following Establishment and Incitement, is Challenge. I define this section as “minor antagonists are put into play”. The protagonists aren’t going to […]
Read moreOutlines and the Graveyard
I think it goes without saying that every writer has a graveyard; the place where dead projects are left to molder. The ecologist in me believes the ideas found in […]
Read moreThe Twelve Part Outline, Part II
This series on the structure of my Twelve Part Outline will not, in all likelihood, track with my writing progress on Maradaine Constabulary, if for no other reason than the […]
Read moreThe Twelve Part Outline, Part I
I’ve reached a word count of 5554 with Maradaine Constabulary: The Mage Murders, which also puts me quite cleanly at the end of the first part of my twelve-part outline […]
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