My blog is based on the idea of my creative well. This is the source of all my ideas. Drawing from the Well describes the latest progress on writing novels and business updates. Filling the Well explores all the ways I recharge including reading, TV, movies, and games. Lastly, Well Chat is a topic-based discussion of writing craft and what I’ve learned along my journey. Check out what I’m doing!
Diction is Hard – HARD 4
Why is it hard, though? Well, our brains are inherently lazy. Once it finds a path that works, it retreads that as often as necessary to conserve energy. Making better work is forcing your brain to avoid those well-trodden paths.
Consistency is Hard
If you don’t work hard, you won’t have a book. If you don’t pay attention, whatever book you have will be an incomprehensible mess.
Calendars are Hard
Calendars are hard. For the sake of this blog, we’re going to talk about two different kinds of calendars: real-world and novel-based.
Pacing is Hard
Pacing is how quickly or slowly things happen in your book. This sounds straightforward. It’s not. All of this goes to structure, both story and sentence.
Entitled
You are only entitled to your labor, not the fruits of your labor. -Bhagavad Gita