fiction

  • 5 Ways to Work With Your Creative Project’s Structure on a Macro Level

    As a structure-focused/structure-first kind of writer, I spend a lot of time before I really begin drafting on brainstorming and organizing scene ideas and essentially looking to see the larger patterns of the story emerging. I’m essentially spending a lot of time upfront working with the story’s structure on a macro level. I thought this

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  • A metaphor for the writing life

    I saw this time lapse video by Jean-Michel, Timelapse: une araignée tisse sa toile, via BrainPickings several weeks ago and have been meaning to post about it ever since.  It seemed, when I watched it, such a perfect metaphor for my process when I enter the drafting stage.  I move forward bit by bit each day, spinning

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