Trimming the Flab: A List
“The more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in.” ― Henry Green My progress in reducing the word count of the ginormous manuscript about running my
August 3, 2014
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Optimism
“The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser – in case you thought optimism is dead.” – Robert Brault A rectangular eraser lies on my desk
July 3, 2014
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Hard Copies
“I’m all for the scissors. I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.” Truman Capote, Conversations With Capote, by Lawrence Grobel, 1985 I spent last week
June 3, 2014
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There’s revision and then there’s revision.
“The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.” —Philip Roth There are two main kinds of revision: big picture restructuring and small picture polishing. In big picture work, I move
May 4, 2014
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A Long While
“Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.” – Henry David Thoreau Last month during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
December 3, 2013
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Reverse NaNoWriMo
“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” – Mark Twain National Novel Writing
November 1, 2013
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It’s Too Big!
“That’s the magic of revisions – every cut is necessary, and every cut hurts, but something new always grows.” ― Kelly Barnhill Last year during National Novel Writing Month I
October 4, 2013
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It’s Anxiety and There’s A Solution!
“Love is the spirit that motivates the artist’s journey.” – Eric Maisel As anyone who reads my blog or receives the newsletter knows, I suffer from various forms of malaise
July 4, 2012
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After NaNoWriMo, What’s Next?
I finished National Novel Writing Month with 75,000 words of a first draft. Now I have options. Since there’s more story to tell, December could be NaNoFiMo (National Novel Finishing
December 4, 2010
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Clackety Clack Clack Clack
“What I don’t write is as important as what I write.” – Jamaica Kincaid The first chapter of the memoir I’ve been working on for several years has never pleased
September 3, 2010
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