Tag: writing process
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The Ails of Being a Pantser
There are lots of troubles when you are a pantser. Writers know what I mean, but for everyone else, here’s the scoop: a pantser is a writer who writes by the seat of their pants. No plan, no outlines, just writing. And it has been getting to be a bigger problem for me than anything…
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Of Self
It’s been 21 days since posting anything on here. And following up on my last few posts, I am not sure that it is a bad thing. Why post something if I am not sure about it? If I am not certain of how to approach my blog, writing, or whatever, why push forward on…
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Five Projects
Five is really too many. I have five projects that need to be edited, revised, beta-read, and then revised again: Gravity 4 Gravity 5 Antlers Soar Of Earth and Ice It’s roughly 275,000 words of writing overall that I need to go through. And that doesn’t count the numerous short stories I’ve been working through.…
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Purpose and Goals
I have a simple purpose in my writing this post: contemplate my purpose and goals in my writing. I am not sure whether this will end up being short or long, or what this post will ultimately look like. It’ll be interesting too, as I am treating this a little like a stream of consciousness…
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NaNoWriMo
Or… Why I Am Participating in NaNoWriMo, But Not Really NaNoWriMo is upon us! National Novel Writing Month is knocking on the door. It’s a time of year when us writers go bat-shit crazy gearing up to write a novel in one month (50,000 words in a month or 1,667 words a day). As I follow…
Jeremy C Kester 