Podcast: Rough Drafts and Editing
Got a new podcast for you this morning. A bit of an update/clarification on what’s going on around here, and we do a bit more emphasis on the whole “Let Yourself Write Crap” mantra from the other day.Bit of an Update/Rough Drafts and Editing (~9:00)
Update: Starting Over with Shattered
It’s been a while since I posted anything on Shattered, and with good reason — there hasn’t been anything to post. The book kinda died on me. It just wasn’t going anywhere — the direction I wanted it to go, nor did it choose it’s own direction. It just kinda stalled out, and I wasn’t able to revive it.However, all is not lost. I’m restarting it from scratch, and I’m going about it differently this time. I probably won’t post as many status updates as I did before, because I’m a bit superstitious on that and I think those killed it (it’s a bit hard to explain why; just accept it as reasonable in my mind for now). I’m also trying to plot it out more than the last attempt, so hopefully this one will be better organized.
I’m also probably not going to be moving quite as fast, either. I want to take my time with this one and get it right (well, as right as a rough draft can be). The past attempt was just writing from the seat of my pants — almost free writing, actually — with very little … hmmm … impression? of what each scene was supposed to be like. If you’re a writer, I’m sure you know what I mean: those times when you’re just dead to the world because you’re so involved in the scene? Yeah, I didn’t have that many of those in the last go-round, and I’m going to try and keep what writing I do without being in the zone down to a bare minimum.
So, that’s what’s going on with Shattered.
Like Glass, on the other hand, is starting to get some killer reviews in. You can read all of them at Amazon.com, or go to the CFD home page here to read some snippets and get links to the originals (seriously, the originals are on some book blogs you should really check out). It’s garnered about 3.5 stars at Amazon so far — two 4-star reviews and one 3-star (Amazon’s rating system shows 3.5 to my eyes), which is much higher than I ever let myself expect. Special thanks to those who have reviewed it so far, and those who haven’t: what’s the hold up?! (Just kidding — take your time).
Anyways, need to run. Make sure to get your questions in for the mailbag for your chance to win a free digital copy of Like Glass — remember, it’s rated at 3.5 stars now!
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