My latest Twitter Tale.
Ian: “Me!” Brad: “No. Me.” Marika sauntered in, chatted up a girl. Ian offered her a beer and a smile. Brad joked, she blushed, they talked. #
Ian spilled beer on Brad’s famous shirt. “Sorry!” he giggled. Ian joked and Marika laughed, touching him. Brad dropped ice down Ian’s shirt. #
Guy appeared. Marika [...]
Category Archives: Writing
The Party
June 6, 2008 – 11:52 am
The Big Fish (My First Twitter Tale)
June 3, 2008 – 6:03 am
My concept of a “twitter tale” is a three-part story, each part being a twit of exactly 140 characters, that includes an inciting incident, an event that pushes the character to the ending, and a twist ending. Here’s my first one. (i.e., don’t expect too much yet.)
The Fish
Mike saw the sunken dock. A huge fish [...]
More Details on My Upcoming Novel - Criticism Welcome
February 26, 2008 – 7:46 am
Planning a novel is hard. The more I work on planning my novel, the more I realize how complex and meaningful a complete work of fiction is. It’s intimidating. But I will finish this project. The consequences for my self-esteem of not finishing are too great.
Here are some of the building blocks of my novel. [...]
The First Draft of My Novel’s Back-Cover Blurb
February 7, 2008 – 5:00 am
A few days ago I described my plan for writing a novel in 2008. I’m now in the planning phase of the novel, which is tentatively titled “Lando Cruz“. I’m working on my back-cover blurb first in order to bring the foundation of the story into focus. Here’s what I have so far.
Landon Cruz is [...]
How I will Write a Novel in 2008
January 25, 2008 – 5:00 am
I’ve wanted to write a novel for at least 20 years now. I’ve had a lot of false starts. First, I thought I had to read a lot in order to write good fiction, so I read Kafka, Hemingway, Bukowsky, Asimov, Rand, Bradbury, Heinlein and a ton of those cheap paperbacks that you can read [...]
