How I Write a Novel: My Creative Process as of 2019
Two years ago I wrote a post about Creating a Creative Process. Since then, I have completed three novels and am in production on a fourth, with many more in the pipeline. I have learned a lot of …
Creative Process
2018 NaNoWriMo After-Action Report and Annual Review
So much can change in a year! This has been a year of massive change for me, and we'll discuss that below. But first, I participated in National Novel Writing Month again this year, and as last year, …
Dramatica: My Take-Aways
TL;DR: There is some genius in this theory, and possibly some madness. Every writer should at least understand Dramatica's four through-lines, its definition of character archetypes, and the two …
NaNoWriMo 2017 After Action Report
I wanted to record for posterity my first experience of "winning" National Novel Writing Month. As you may know, NaNoWriMo is a self-challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days. Throughout 2017, I have …
Creating a Creative Process
I always aspired to being an author. In my teens and early twenties, I probably started a half-dozen "first novels" that never got finished (and that was probably for the best). When I started writing …
The Worst Book I Will Ever Write
Something I have been struggling with during the work on my (current) first novel is this: I am very likely producing the worst book I will ever write.