Category Archives: Writing

Novel Writing Month

One of the guys who works with me is another wannabe writer just like myself. He introduced to me the concept of Novel Writing Month which is every November. The idea of it is to write a novel start to … Continue reading

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Writing Update #2

It’s been awhile since I’ve updated about my writing. I’ve been failing a little more at it. Last week I started avoiding it, and this week work and play has gotten in the way. All the while I have found blocks in and out. Continue reading

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A Week of New Work

It has been nearly a week since I started my unofficial second job of writing. It has definitely had its ups and downs, however in the end I think it has gone extraordinarily well. Continue reading

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A Second Job?

A second job could help me save up for a number of things including a car and an arcade. But can I really make a second job work? Continue reading

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Making a Character Not Like You

Last week on “Fresh Air,” a talk radio show on NPR that generally interviews people in the entertaiment industry, they had Nick Hornby on promoting his new book. Nick Hornby, for those of you who don’t know, is the author … Continue reading

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Romantic Involvements in Writing

After having one of those romantic dreams last night (you know the ones), I began thinking about romantic involvements in the book that I’m working on. I currently don’t have plans on having a romantic involvement in my story, yet it seems to me that this is almost all of what writing is about. I’m not sure I like that, and maybe I leave that out just to try to buck the trend, but then I feel like I may be endangering myself with a large segment of my possible readership. Continue reading

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Organizing Sections in Writing

Early on in my writing, I had the notion that I had to write in the order that it would appear in the book. Therefor, if I was thinking about how section C would work and had some great ideas, … Continue reading

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The Wrong Kind of Itch

Of late, I have had an itch to work on my game design. This is great in some respects. I love thinking about how MMOs work and it offers me a good number of posts as I start bringing my … Continue reading

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The Writing Burn

I will be honest in saying that on a day to day basis, I really don’t have the burn, or even really want to write. I have many great ideas, but honestly I don’t feel like it often. Manytimes, I … Continue reading

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My Word Coach Review

I bought My Word Coach several months ago as kind of a graduation present for myself. The logic behind it was that it was a way to use my graduation money on something that was somehow similar to the field … Continue reading

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