Tag: novel writing
-
Line Work
Drafting a novel is the fun part — the characters talk, you listen, the story shows up. Then the characters go quiet, and the real work starts. New post on line editing Restitution, and why it’s a lot like running an ultra.
-
Getting Out of My Way
A short confession on revision: cutting 16,000 words from a novel taught me more about ego than craft. New post on the discipline of getting out of your own way as a writer.
-
Running Backward Up the Hill
I finished my first draft in six weeks. 113,000 words, running downhill the whole way. Now I have to cut 18,000 of them — and they all feel necessary.