Tag Archives: In Time

Writing Goals, 2016

I don’t really believe in goals as a fixed entities. As I am way too fond of saying, any damn fool can have a plan. The key is the re-planning, the adjustments that happen along the way. But I do see … Continue reading

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Traiting Places: A Writing Trick that Worked for Me

Section three of In Time has been the longest, sloggiest sloggy slog I’ve ever worked through. That includes the interminable chapter of my thesis that lasted over a year (at least there I was actively, consciously, and quite effectively avoiding … Continue reading

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Pain & Excitement

Chapter 3 of In Time has been a slog. It’s been a slog because, fundamentally, I kne/ow that something was very wrong with it. It was too slow, too drunk, and too unclear in getting Elliot acting on his primary motivations. … Continue reading

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Two Down, Said Sisyphus

This morning, I finished chapter two of In Time (working title only). Finished is an odd word: the chapters are in what I call roughs, meaning they are barely fit for consumption, and I would suspect bear little resemblance to whatever their … Continue reading

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