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Lessons from week one

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Jeff

Cracked 15,000 yes­ter­day, which is an accept­able pace. I full thou­sand less than the 2k per day I set out for, but no bat­tle plan sur­vives con­tact with the enemy. And so, I thought I’d share the obser­va­tions I’ve already fig­ured out, now … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Outline or fossil?

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Jeff

Okay, I’ve got the char­ac­ter, set­ting and ini­tial sit­u­a­tion. Is that all I need to start writ­ing a novel? What about out­lin­ing? What about writ­ing scenes on index cards? Who’s dri­ving this ship, any­way? And the answer is, of course, the story … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Story debt and Lost’s first season

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Jeff

Warn­ing: This con­tains spoil­ers for the first 28 episodes of the TV series Lost, orig­i­nally aired on ABC in 2004 – 2005. If you haven’t seen these episodes already and do not wish to know about them, you have been warned. Ini­tially, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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