Editing your story is, if we’re honest, more than half the battle of completing it. The first draft is a rush of creativity, but it’s in the editing that you turn it into a well-oiled machine that (crucially) is more concerned with entertaining the reader than acting as an outlet for the author. The technical,
Sometimes, a story demands that the author use a risky device. It might be a cliché – a worn-out metaphor or overused plot line – or it might be a leap in logic – an unreasonable coincidence or contrived solution. Usually, the best thing to do is get creative and avoid falling back on a
I love the idea of dream logic – how dreams can go, and how even though they’re very abstract, you can understand them. – David Lynch from Thomas Caldwell’s ‘Living Inside a Dream: The Art and Films of David Lynch’ Despite all the insight modern science has given us, it still hasn’t solved the mystery
Writing a book is a Sisyphean task – something that, if you’re not careful, you may never finish to your satisfaction. We’ve talked before about how to accomplish it, but the best advice is to approach writing your book as an actual project. For that, you need the Triangle. Managing your project Starting a project
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