You know, I used to get really freaking emotional about my writing. I’d post these notes up all over my room, some of them philosophical, others just giving myself general encouragement, and I’d read, revise, analyze, reanalyze, tear apart, and thrash my own writing. And then I’d get so emotionally wrapped up in it that… Continue reading I feel an emotional roller coaster about to begin…
Author: Joe Vasicek
Joe Vasicek is the author of more than twenty science fiction books, including the Star Wanderers and Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus. He claims Utah as his home.
Some thoughts on writing, reading, and stories
I’ve had some interesting thoughts recently about stories. It’s come mostly from interacting with the writing group and with friends from the writing group. As I’m getting more and more into writing fiction, my thoughts about fiction, stories, and science fiction get more and more complex and interesting. This post is going to be a… Continue reading Some thoughts on writing, reading, and stories
Eid Sayeed! and 1587 words!
Man, this whole week I never got around to writing! I seemed to be stuck on this one scene, too–when I would write, I’d write a little bit more of the scene, but never enough to finish it. So, yesterday, I decided to just sit down and WRITE. And it was good! But…you see, I… Continue reading Eid Sayeed! and 1587 words!
question on novel length
So, I’m coming up to about 25,000 words, and I’m starting to get worried that I’m not as far in the storyline as I should be for this time. I’m not all that sure what to do. How long is a normal novel? Is there a length in particular that I should aim for? How… Continue reading question on novel length
only 278 words
Yeah, I know it’s not a lot. I was going to write more, but I’ve been falling asleep while typing this. Although, I must admit, it’s funny to read what I’ve half written in my sleep. This week was crazy. Next week probably won’t be quite as bad. I’ve got a test I need to… Continue reading only 278 words
All I really want to do is write in my novel
It’s true. Unfortunately, the universe is conspiring against me. The homework alert level has been raised to orange and a half. Fortunately, it should die down by the weekend. I’m still sticking by the 500 words per day goal that I had before. I just decided to modify it so that if I write more… Continue reading All I really want to do is write in my novel
1,066 words and I don’t think I’ll be doing nanowrimo this year
I put in about a thousand words. I’m at a point in the story right now where a lot of stuff starts happening. There are about three or four new characters that I want to introduce, and I have all these great ideas about how to do it, about who they really are, what ideas… Continue reading 1,066 words and I don’t think I’ll be doing nanowrimo this year
Another awesome writing meeting!
So, we had a writing meeting last Tuesday! There were quite a few people there! Gamila, Jakeson, Danke, Travis, Drek, Kaci, Ben (his board name is the same as his real name, believe it or not!), Tom, and Patrick (I think that’s it, but I’m not sure. If I forgot your name, please forgive me!),… Continue reading Another awesome writing meeting!
Thoughts on the universe of my story
I’ve been thinking in the last couple of days (it hurts, but I’ve found that it generally pays off well). Specifically, about the culture of this world that I’m creating for my novel. It takes place in the far future, after a 300-or-so year war with hostile AI. Kind of like Battlestar Galactica, with the… Continue reading Thoughts on the universe of my story
400 words, but hey
400 words tonight. I tried, really I did, to write more, but after a while I simply became completely incoherent. It seems like my brain shuts down and goes to sleep before my body. Towards the end (as in the moment before I wrote this blog post), my mind was just swimming. I couldn’t think… Continue reading 400 words, but hey