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How to Plan Your Novel–Scene Design Part 2
My last post, “How to Plan Your Novel — Scene Design”, provided a list of things you might want to think about before you start writing. It also focused on one of those things in particular– the importance of establishing goals for the characters in the scene. Once you have decided on a goal, it … Continue reading How to Plan Your Novel–Scene Design Part 2
How to Plan Your Novel–Scene Design
In “An Easy Way to Outline Your Novel,” I describe a simple process to start organizing a novel where you layout brief descriptions of the story’s scenes into the beginning, middle, and ending sections. When you finish, it’s time to start writing, right? You can, but some other things would be good to know before … Continue reading How to Plan Your Novel–Scene Design
An Easy Way to Outline Your Novel
There are many approaches to writing a novel. Some writers like the “seat of the pants” approach. They take an idea and start writing to see where it will go. I tried it. I ended up with a 70,000-word first draft that may or may not get edited and published. It was exciting writing it, … Continue reading An Easy Way to Outline Your Novel
The American Republic is Dead
The American Republic is probably dead. This prognosis comes from the understanding that we are often doomed to repeat the mistakes of history. If you look at the parallels of recent American events with events in Rome around the time of Julius Caesar and following the similarities are stunning. If the Democrats succeeded in ousting … Continue reading The American Republic is Dead
Websites for Conservative Social Media Refugees
Roughly twenty-four hours later, the attack on free speech by “big tech” continues. The major development is Amazon’s action against Parlor, which bills itself as an alternative to Twitter. Parlor is now suing Amazon for antitrust violations and breach of contract. The petty stuff also continues. Facebook announced it will ban anything mentioning “the steal”, … Continue reading Websites for Conservative Social Media Refugees
The Purge is On
Tragic events that many have feared has been going on the last couple of days. It is the logical culmination of the “political correctness” movement we have been contending with for years. It has been brewing for months with the “fake news” scares that spawned a fetid nest of self-appointed arbiters of truth. Now we … Continue reading The Purge is On
Time To Get Back To Work
The holidays were great. Three kids made it to our house for Christmas, including the oldest, who made it back from a deployment to Europe just in time. The fourth is in South Carolina and could not travel due to Navy Covid restrictions, but stayed connected through the magic of technology. It was a great … Continue reading Time To Get Back To Work
The Deaths of Two American Heroes
I want to take note of the death of two American heroes this month. Both were World War 2 fighter pilots. The first is General Chuck Yeager, who died on December 7 at age 97. He was most famous for being the test pilot that broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, flying a … Continue reading The Deaths of Two American Heroes
Covid-19 and Risk. Why Covid Restriction are Bad.
Field-Marshal Sir William Slim wrote that “…risk is danger multiplied by time”. The implication here is that risk increases the longer danger persists. If you want to reduce risk, either mitigate the danger or reduce the time of exposure to the danger. How does this bit of wisdom apply to the current Covid-19 pandemic? The … Continue reading Covid-19 and Risk. Why Covid Restriction are Bad.
Snivelling Excuse for Not Posting
I usually try to post a blog article twice a week. Last week we took a non-essential flight to San Jose for a completely unauthorized early Thanksgiving dinner with my daughter and son-in-law. The week prior I was engrossed in finishing a short story. This week I plan to get back in the blogging groove. … Continue reading Snivelling Excuse for Not Posting
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