In a recent edition of Writers Supporting Writers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0VZVOXs9QU), we were discussing a process proposed by a script writer. Overall, our group doesn’t believe in any flat formulae for writing, but there were some merits in the proposal that I could relate to in my own (non-script) writing experience. Specifically, I have a process I …

Continue reading How I Approach Complex Action Scenes

As you may have noticed, I'm not much of a blogger. However, I've begun writing a new book - mainly as a distraction from losing two WIPs and trying to reconstruct them (long story I don't want to go into). For a while, I've been toying with the concept of recasting one of the Greek …

Continue reading Discovering a Personality

Okay, probably not the best thing to do, while working on one book a couple of weeks ago, I took a little break and then started on another one. Lately, work (yes, the day job I shouldn't quit) has been a bit over the top, so I haven't had as much evening/weekend time free as I …

Continue reading New Book(s) in the works…

Until very recently, I wrote as a hobby distributing my stories (the ones I was happy with) to my friends. However, when I decided to take on something of novel length, I found myself challenged in a number of ways, but foremost had to do with character interaction. I would say more than 75% of …

Continue reading A Writing Exercise for Characters