Tag: writing process
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In the Works: Cracks in the Universe – First Play in Three Years
Novel writing took a backseat in 2025. I’ll be back to it soon enough. These past few months – since September, I believe – I’ve been delving back into my writing roots and creating a play (or plays) for the first time in more than three years. I’ve missed play-writing, and once the ideas started…
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Reading, not writing, with the end in mind.
On my fabulous writing retreat to Tbilisi, Georgia (which I’ll have to post about another day), I finished the first draft of my 11th novel. This one is a sequel to novel 10, my first baseball novel. I’ve had so much fun writing both of these stories, and now that I have an ending, I…
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Input is Crucial for Writing Output
Where do ideas germinate from? Other ideas. As a writer, it’s impossible to be original, but it’s crucial to be unique. What’s the difference? Being original means attempting something which has never been attempted. Under this definition, it’s difficult to find writing that is completely original because there have been thousands of writers and hundreds…
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A Storyline So Obvious that It Nearly Writes Itself
I abhor outlining when writing. I’ve seen the tutorials and how certain other professionals plan their stories, but that, to me, would feel like being forced to write state-sponsored propaganda under Stalin’s regime. Why would anyone want to lock themselves into a pre-conceived structure? I guess my brain just doesn’t work that way. I’ve said…
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“What’s next?” asks a writer.
“What’s next?” is always a conundrum for a writer settling on a new project. There isn’t ever a correct answer. I’m the type of writer who always has several irons in the fire with a few others simmering in the periphery. The year of the pandemic has placed its mark on my writing tasks in…
Author Mark W Sasse 