Category: Role of the Writer
How I Wrote My Debut Novel: Part Five – Producing Drafts
How does a writer write? What is the process by which the first draft becomes the final draft? How does one ensure the next draft…
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How (My) Characters Come to Be
At the moment, I’m fascinated with this part of the process: how do characters such as Ishmael, Huck, Mrs. Bridge, Bilbo Baggins, or Count Rostov…
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Novel Edits
Writers need editors. Most of us do not excel at editing our own work. The rest of us outright stink at it. Our biases are…
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Not Since 2018
The end of February saw a milestone in my writing not seen in nearly five years. It’s a milestone I’d like to mark more often,…
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Getting Into Character
Getting into character is a theater term. It’s the effort an actor makes to embody the part they are playing—well beyond the script and the…
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