Well, I’ve started. Block Revision, that is. This is a process – a major process, a very long major process – that involves going scene by scene and fixing things. Finally writing on the actual manuscript using all the worksheets and index cards from the past few months. The process: You start with your new…
Category: Writing
Worksheets, Index Cards, and Timelines…oh my!
I’ve been busy, as little man has napped really well lately, and I’m nearing the end of filling out worksheets and playing around with my outline cards. I’m getting ready to actually start cutting, rewriting, revising, and reworking my manuscript. I’ll be using those worksheets I spent weeks painstakingly filling out, I’ll be using the…
My First Draft Sucks! Now What?
Now what? Well, I eat chocolate. Of course, I do that on most days so nothing really helpful there… No, no….come back. I have a solution. It’s this magical thing called REVISION. Ooohhh, see how it sparkles?!?! OK, it doesn’t sparkle, but it is magical. It can turn your shitty first draft into something wonderful…
Hello Again, Internet!
Good Morning, Internet! Sorry, was that too loud? I’ll try to use my indoor voice from now on. (Also, it’s afternoon – I should really look at a clock now and then.) See, I bought this domain name a few years ago while I was working on my solo cabaret show. It had promo pics…