Well, I've made it to one of the major scenes that I first envisioned oh so long ago when I first was brainstorming this story, and now that I'm here I don't know how to start. Will it ever come out as good as it has been in my head all this time? Probably not, …
Mood music
I find that when I'm aiming for a certain tone or vibe in my writing, it helps a lot to be listening to music that evokes the same feeling I'm going for. It puts my brain into the right gear and the visions of what I need to write come a lot easier. What are …
Syncing Forward by W. Lawrence: I’m sinking, God help me I’m sinking!
I get the feeling that Syncing Forward started out as a decent sci-fi novella, then had about thirty thousand words of family drama inserted into it. I spent a good portion of the first two thirds of this story shaking my head in confusion wondering why I was being told any of this, and the …
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Book clubs: how do you do it?
I can't time my desire to read a book. It's almost like the books I pick decide for me to read them. So the couple times I've tried to join a book club, I've always ended up reading something else than what I'm supposed to. I like the idea of having a discussion with people …
Do more than one thing
As some of you may know, my other hobby besides writing is playing Go, or Baduk, and there are several sayings or 'proverbs' that players hear when learning the game. One of them is something like 'a move that only does one thing is a bad move'. IÂ had an epiphany one day, when having extra …
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