Gravity, produced, co-edited and directed by Alfonso Cuarón
This looks amazing: more...
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...
chapter: John and the Dogs react to 2nd loss of sat coms
{{{*** 81: John == 2064: Icarcus Crater, Lunar Farside Duncan kneeled on the lunar graveled and rolled up the tent’s sun shield. John walked past...
chapter: John learns about the augmented reality game
Here’s draft 4 of chapter 76 where John learns about the augmented reality game. This is a fun little scene where we take a break...
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...
new scene from book 1, Act 1: Darcy is a private person
A quick refresher. Modern narrative theory says that all books have three acts: Act 1: introduce the characters, make the conflict clear Act 2: the...
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...
Wherein Samuel R Delany and I chat over coffee
Well, not really. But over the past week: I suggested to Rahul Kanakia an idea for a blog post. He wrote it…and it resulted in...