Tag: novel writing

• The Pressure of Pushing the Envelope

  I produce dramas. I’ve been doing it for the past nine years, and I seem to be stuck in this never ending cycle of “topping” the previous performance. I don’t purposefully do it. Not at all. I would never put that much pressure on myself. Can you imagine having to always out-do, out-compete, out-perform your…

  sassevn

  May 16, 2016

  drama

  audience feedback, comparing writing styles, novel writing, script writing, the pressure to improve, writing

• What’s next on the Writing Agenda?

  This weekend kind of became one of those dividing lines in what a writer is working on. That happens every time a novel is sent off to the editor, and that’s what I did. Novel number 5 entitled “Which Half David” is now out of my sights. It was a sixteen month journey to get…

  sassevn

  April 18, 2016

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  novel writing, play-writing, writing plan, writing projects

• What I Learned by Re-Re-Writing My New Novel

  A while back, I posted how I decided to re-write my new novel which I had previously re-written and re-vised enough. (or so I thought) But once I started getting some feedback from readers, I realized that I had made some mistakes, and regardless of how painful and time-consuming it would be, I needed to…

  sassevn

  March 29, 2016

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  beta readers, literary critique, novel writing, taking criticism, writing process, writing revisions

• 97,000 Words. Where did my succinctness go?

  When I first got in this long-story-writing business, I had to look up the definition of novel to see how many words it took to create a novel. Well, the general consensus I found was 50,000, so as I was writing my first novel, I obsessed over that number thinking how it would be impossible…

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  March 20, 2016

  Indie Author

  novel writing, word count, writing, writing process

• My Book is Much Better. Would Endless Delay Improve It More?

  I recently put the brakes on the novel I had “finished” because I realized suddenly that I don’t know what the word “finished” means. I thought it was the novel I wanted to write, but it wasn’t. It was incredibly flawed. I was introducing an author’s voice that I didn’t want to introduce and some…

  sassevn

  March 6, 2016

  Uncategorized

  book editing, editing, novel editing, novel writing, writing process

• Re-Writing a “Finished Book” is Actually Quite Fun

  A few days ago, I posted how after receiving feedback from some beta readers, I decided to do a complete overall of my newest novel. I was dreading this, actually, thinking that it would be a complete drag to watch chapters be gutted, characters be re-written, and storylines be overhauled. But I was wrong. I’m…

  sassevn

  March 2, 2016

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  beta readers, novel writing, writing, writing process, writing revisions

• Indie Authors: Are You Listening to Your Beta Readers?

  I’ve recently run into something as an author I previously haven’t encountered: Beta readers who are less than enthusiastic about my new novel. In my four previous novels, the reviews were excellent. They bought into what I was doing, gave good insight, but were always very positive. And these aren’t “yes-people” either. They were being…

  sassevn

  February 29, 2016

  Indie Author

  accepting criticism, beta readers, novel writing, rewriting, writing process

• My Novel is Finished. I Hate This Next Part.

  I finished the third revision of my new novel, “Which Half David.” It hasn’t gone through the final editing process yet, so it technically isn’t done, done, as in done, complete, not going to touch it again. But it is finished as in I need to get some insight into what I have here. Yes,…

  sassevn

  February 10, 2016

  Indie Author

  ARC, beta readers, novel writing, writer’s doubt

• The Revision Process

  The revision process in novel writing is brutal. No way around it. I’m working through the revision stage of my fifth novel, and it takes a lot of time – a lot of time your mind wishes you could use to be writing your next novel. But it’s necessary, crucial, required, and absolutely worth it.…

  sassevn

  January 17, 2016

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  editing a novel, how to write a novel, novel writing, procedures for writing a novel, revising a novel

• Ideas for Indie Authors: A Novel is Chasing Me. I’m Losing. (and Winning)

  When good ideas impregnate the mind, why fight them? Over the past three weeks, I’ve had a novel idea, actually related to novel-writing, and I haven’t been able to shake it. Even in the midst of revising novel #5, which was supposed to be my priority, this new idea has consumed me every free moment…

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  January 11, 2016

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  brainstorming for writing, inspiration, novel writing, writing ideas, writing inspiration