Editing Pass :: Beyond the Alpha Read
In May, I received my current WIP back from an alpha reader. I flit between the term alpha and beta reader, because there isn’t a great deal to define each. […]
Tag Archives: revising
Problem-Solving Blocks in Editing
I don’t tend to have many problems drafting a novel. I have enough ideas, can think through various options for characters to choose, and can form an outline and plot enough […]
Lessons in Editing Novels
In 2009, I wrote my first ‘novel’. In reality, it was a re-telling of a published story, only set in my University with bland characters and little to no plot. […]
Improving Your Craft: Awareness of Bad Habits
In 2012, I began a book called Wings of Skell. During re-writes, it was renamed Planes Shifter. As of May 2016, I own over 50 copies of the draft manuscript, and it’s […]
Writing through Spilled Wine
My laptop is a few years old now, but it mostly works. Two of the USB ports don’t work, there’s a thin light line across one corner of the screen, […]
Re-writing :: Finding What Works
The re-write of Planes Shifter is going surprisingly well. I’ve written at least 429 words a day for 46 days in a row now. That’s 19,700 words. And in reality, as […]
