I love National Novel Writing Month. Every November, I pit myself against my word count, and I inevitably improve as a writer and a storyteller. The first few years, I crafted novels. First draft, story arc, plotline, character development, novels. Long-form works of this scope are exhausting, creatively. I love writing them, and I love [...]
Like many arts, you must attain the proper frame of mind in order to access your muse. Music, atmosphere, time of day, ingestions in the body, these all must be carefully managed before you can relax your conscious mind enough in order to allow the muse to whisper through your actions. She’s fickle, that muse; [...]
I didn't think I was going to partake in National Novel Writing Month this year. I really didn't. But I've got a huge project I am brainstorming on, and getting ready to move on in the next few weeks. All I really need to do is spend some time kicking the idea into shape and [...]