by Ira | Apr 18, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Breakthrough! Oh, Lordy…I finally had a good breakthrough day today. Finally! Finally. I had a one-on-one about a month ago with an author far more advanced than I, and one of my takeaways from that conversation was that there should be a separation between...
by Ira | Apr 17, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
So, the book has run aground these past two days, which is so, soooo frustrating…but there is a difference, folks. There truly is…I’m putting in the time. I really am. I did a lot of free-writing today, trying to wrap my brain around why I was...
by Ira | Apr 16, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
I spent all of my time, almost, brainstorming today for a set of scenes that are just not quite working yet. They’re still fuzzy, and fuzzy translates as LAZY on the page. I *did* put in my time, however, and I wrote 250 actual new words once the opening to the...
by Ira | Apr 15, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Do you remember the Star Wars boxed set of VHS tapes? The ones we grew up watching, with all the frayed edges of the cardboard, and the making-of documentary that would play before the first movie (I think?). Those were the movies of my childhood. For my family,...
by Ira | Apr 14, 2018 | Challenge, Journal
Not sure what to call the entry tonight… It was a weird Saturday. I kind of went through the paces today. I’m not sure why…but I did. The writing was still good. I did get it done. 800 words. Good words, too. The scene is working. It solved a plot...
