Tag Archives: craft
Environmental Chotchkies
I'm finding Paolo Bacigalupi's The Windup Girl to be written with a similar enthusiasm for environmental chotchkies.
Slowly Learning to Read
Character sheets for writing always have a space to fill for goals or needs. I've never felt any way but hokey about these sections.
A Wiser Authorial Voice
This wiser authorial voice tells me my pile of scattered scenes needs to be riffled and tapped into a crisp deck for proper dealing. I'm going to first finish the scene fattening.
Waiting on the Train Home
Objectifying the factors inherent in the story is easier on a per scene basis than it is when you then have to string those scenes together.
Dripping Red Strands