The overall feeling my work on the sequel gives me seems artificial in comparison to the organic original. I find myself experimenting with other people’s methods, just to shake things up. Still, I am incapable (or is it unwilling?) to fully implement the ideas I come across, and even when I think I understand the gist of a method, I still PANTSER it, close my eyes, and feel my own way toward what I think they mean. Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My three blog entries posted on schedule usual. Two submissions returned from market and I sent them right back out. Heinlein would be so proud… I now have a little over two weeks to go before my next scheduled release day (May 13th), but I still haven’t decided what it will be. … Continue reading
As I’ve been studying recently, I’ve found a lot of ideas to think about and look for in my own stories, but I haven’t found anyone else’s method that I can duplicate. I find myself taking those alien methods apart and cobbling bits and pieces into my revision process, and that hopefully makes my finished stories better. Continue reading
I’m a PANTSER, but I can still learn from PLOTTERS (there is a PANTSER/PLOTTER SPECTRUM, like with autism), and most of us slide between the two, depending on where we are in our personal method on a given project. So I attend summits when they seem interesting. Continue reading
I’m a PANTSER (a discovery writer for those of you who are uninitiated); the words pour out, and I make adjustments after the draft comes out. Despite the fact that most aptitude and personality tests (such as Strengthsfinder) say I’m highly analytical, I seem to have a block when it comes to applying analysis to my writing. I can FEEL whether something works, but it’s difficult (to say the least) to apply other people’s rules to my stories. Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My blog posts made it out on schedule, and I didn’t have any stories return from market, so they’re all out there as they should be. My next scheduled release day is March 18th. The story will be “Getting Personal”, which I have barely started to prepare for publication. I still need … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals All my posts went out on schedule. Two more pieces returned from market and were turned around and submitted to other publications. I wrote on seven days and made my daily quota on five of them. I made my weekly quota with 3,958 words. The draft of Swordsmaster #3 is over 28,000 … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My blog entries were posted on schedule. I sent another piece back to market within a day of its return. I wrote on seven days, and made my daily quota on five of them. I made my weekly 3,500 word quota with 3,560 words of fiction. The draft of Swordsmaster #3 has … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals The first official week of 2022 started well. Blog entries were posted on schedule. I returned three pieces back to market within a couple of days. I wrote on six days, and made my daily quota on five of them. I made my weekly quota just barely with 3,560 words of fiction. … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals All blog entries posted on schedule. All returned stories were sent back out to market. Up to this point, I have only been willing to submit to publications that pay professional rates (8-cents per word or greater), but for the for the first time I’ve decided to start submitting to lesser-paying markets … Continue reading
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