The End. 2 small words. 6 letters total. Meaningful. Powerful. I had a dream, a nightmare to be exact that woke me from my sleep, shaken and breathing hard. I wrote down what I remembered and tried to get back to sleep. Part of the dream stuck with me. That part would inspire me for 22 years. It would haunt my creative mind for 22 … Continue reading The 1st Draft: The End
I have three beginnings for my WIP (work in progress) that I’m calling Goliath. (This is not the real title, it’s just that it’s my Goliath, my Mount Everest as I said in my post “Following Your Joy”.) I’ve been struggling with which one would be the best beginning for this novel. I have written and scraped, rewritten and re-scraped, and put this process on repeat more times than I should have. Continue reading THE RIGHT BEGINNING
I have written more words on this one novel than I care to admit. I have scrapped those words even more than I care to admit. It is a novel that has haunted my head for many, many years. There are times when I want to quit writing it, but it waits patiently for me like a thief in the night. It sits quietly in … Continue reading One Word After Another
I’m two days away from the end of my writing challenge and I will be honest. I am no where near close to 75,000 words. The only good thing I can say about this writing challenge is that it got me to write again and that is something I hadn’t done seriously since January 2010. The funny thing is I know I can write a … Continue reading What Am I So Afraid Of?