Tag: novel writing
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New Novel Draft Done!
As I mentioned on Twitter the other day, I finished a draft of a new novel. YAY!!! It’s only a rough draft of what was once a short story that was trying to do too much and now may well be a novel that’s doing *just* enough. At the beginning of the year, I took…
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Wants // Fears // Obstacles
Wants ‘Writing updates’ as a genre provide such a dopamine kick. (Particularly on social media but you also enjoy telling your very patient and supportive girlfriend, too.) You have no “following” but simply writing something about the routine of writing, how it’s going well or badly, dispatches into the vast space of The Net provides…
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too much of a good thing
I’m a fiend for writing advice. A goddamn fiend. I love reading about the craft of writing. Whether it’s how to plot successful stories, craft great characters, or even honing and sharpen sentences–I’m all in. However, I know myself well enough to know when I’ve had too much of a good thing. Yesterday I reread…
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Surmount all obstacles
I did some work on the novel this morning before work. Came up with a pretty great scene that takes place largely before the point at which I started my narrative. I knew that scene was there, all along. Skulking in the shadows. The problem–as is always the problem with coming up with new beginnings…
Jonathan Cosgrove 