Write a Million Words
C.L. Stone: Write a million words. Your first million is practice. Hugh Howey‘s response: This is so difficult to appreciate and even harder to do....
another perspective on five drafts, three years, and 3,000 hours of work
“If you set your bar at ‘amazing’ it’s awfully difficult to start. Your first paragraph, sketch, formula, sample or concept isn’t going to be amazing....
how long does it take to write a novel?
“___ year(s) to write a novel”...
conversation over at Hugh Howey: people stealing your ideas
I really enjoy Hugh Howey’s books, and above and beyond being a great fiction writer, he’s also a damn good chronicler of the self-publishing adventure....
[ some ] novels are like sausage
Apparently large numbers of professional novelists turn out three to four books per year. Here’s an example: Hugh Howey talking about a book he hasn’t...
the next big thing
So apparently all the cool writer kids are tagging each other with the “the next big thing” meme. I’m an introvert with out any writing...
YA novels, YA spin offs
SF author Rahul Kanakia writes http://blotter-paper.com/2013/04/19/thinking-about-moving-away-from-writing-novel-length-adult-science-fiction-and-fantasy …more and more like the idea of being a YA [ science fiction ] writer. The field feels a...
four revisions is too many?
Looks like folks disagree with my thoughts on how many revisions are necessary: http://accordingtohoyt.com/2013/04/02/3934/#comment-67095 TJIC: …I’m on my fourth draft… kilteDave: Fourth draft? Out of...
praise
My college friend Kelly really lifted my spirits today by sending an email which included this bit: Wow – your draft 3 already looks really...
the heart of the story
Writing friend Diana Day told me that one of the important – but latent – threads in my novel was the romance thread between Mike...