Thinking Harder
My last few shorts were pretty linear affairs. One was a flash done in 90 minutes, so I have an excuse. But some of my other stories were critiqued and other than improving my writing style, which I know about, I learned that I need to get things more complex. Not non-understandable complex, but more [...]
An End to the Madness
I finished up with Liberty Hall’s MidSommer Madness tonight. I took the time to jump ahead two days to the 30th. My assignments are complete, I will continue to critique other’s work when it comes up, but as for me and my novel, I have made it through the MidSommer gauntlet.
So what to do now? [...]
A Little Recognition Now and Then… WotF HM
Well, well. With all of my struggles learning how to write and become a writer, a few rays of sunshine come out from time to time.
Three months ago, I sent in a quickly cobbled entry into the Writers of the Future contest. I’d only been at this writing stuff for a month. I had a [...]
Flash Work and Filling in the Story
Some time ago, I mentioned I was outclassed in the weekly flash challenge on Liberty Hall. (You Know When You’ve Been Outclassed) I was. I didn’t know what was going on and it showed.
Well, I’ve participated regularly working on my writing for these challenges. Although I am by no means adept, I have managed to [...]
The Percolation Process
I’ve been spending the last nearly two weeks participating in Liberty Hall writer’s group Midsommer Madness novel challenge. We started with Blurbs, expanded blurbs, then expanded story summaries. The stories are now out to 20 short paragraphs summarizing the beginning, middle and end. Now we are going through character sketches of the protagonists and antagonists. [...]
