Category Archives: Writing
Nanowrimo 2013 Update
I am going to do it. On the one hand, the higher standard I have set for 2013, (complete a story, and not just 50,000 words) is somewhat daunting. But on the other, more significant hand, I need to work on not being as hard on myself over such things. I need some more writing …
All Fiction is Alternate History
One my favorite episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation is called “Parallels“. In it, one of the characters is accidentally thrown into a series of alternate realities. Each universe differs from his own due to past events having turned out differently. So the entire trajectory of history in that universe ends up altered. One …
Overcome by the Randomness
I admit that in the writing world, I am sometimes overcome by the randomness. Why does any given book that ignores all the rules of “good” writing become a best seller and make its author rich? There are plenty of books out there that are excoriated for breaking the exact same rules, their author’s deemed …
Nanowrimo Contemplations
It’s time once again to think about the annual National Novel Writing Month. Didn’t I just go through all of this mental tennis with myself last month? Generally, I wouldn’t say this last year has flown by, but in the context of Nano, it feels like the year never happened almost. Probably because I agonized …
Postpone Your “Darlings”
“Kill your darlings,” as it pertains to keeping one’s writing concise and without extraneous ornamentation is attributed, incorrectly, to William Faulkner. But the concept is sound; as a writer you are prone to falling in love with each part of your creations, even that which you don’t need to make the story work. They become …
Ty Unglebower 