The comments on my last post were really interesting, and made me do some thinking today. When I sat down to work on Phoenix today, I decided to look at the broader picture by outlining, in two or three sentences, what is going on in each scene I’ve revised so far. As I did this,… Continue reading Revising, outlining, and a goals adjustment
Tag: Thoughts and Reflections
Posting story ideas
My friend Steve posted a comment on my last post that I thought was deserving of a post all to itself. He said: Joe, If you have a good idea, you shouldn’t put it up on your website, man. Someone is gonna’ steal it. Take your flower idea and hoard it, man. Because, I’m gonna’… Continue reading Posting story ideas
Letter to the Daily Universe
My roommate Matt wrote this awesome letter to The Daily Universe last year (scroll down to the heading “Message for Sisters” to read his letter), and garnered some incredibly hilarious responses from the BYU community. He struck a tightly strung chord in this community, something that everyone here at BYU spends a lot of time… Continue reading Letter to the Daily Universe
I love revising
Today, after I got through with my homework for tomorrow, I figured it was time to do my writing for the day, so I opened up the rough draft of Phoenix and picked up where I left off. I didn’t really feel much in the mood for writing, but forty five minutes later the library… Continue reading I love revising
Awesome weekend!
This was a really good weekend for writing. We had a REALLY fun writing meeting with Quark and I got some very helpful feedback for the first chapter of The Phoenix of Nova Terra (aka The Lost Colony), and now after another rewrite I feel really happy with it. On Friday, as I was walking… Continue reading Awesome weekend!
Dang.
Dang. I haven’t written at all for the past two days. That’s lame. Fortunately, I have a really good idea for a short story / abstract little piece / whatever. I don’t usually write short fiction, but when I do get an idea for something, wow. It’s like Ray Bradbury: one of the characters does… Continue reading Dang.
Momo by Michael Ende
[I originally wrote this book review in 2006. However, Momo was such a good book that I wanted to include it here on this blog.] I was browsing around at Pioneer Book in downtown Provo a few weeks ago when I saw this book. Michael Ende wrote The Neverending Story, which was my all-time favorite… Continue reading Momo by Michael Ende
New writing goals
Alright, the first week of school is behind me, I’m probably as settled in as I’m ever going to be, so it’s time I set some personal writing goals for myself this semester. So here goes. My major goal, at this point, is to have three polished novel drafts in time for World Fantasy 2009… Continue reading New writing goals
First week craziness
So, this last week was the first week of school. It was as crazy as anything. Back to classes, back to papers, readings, buying books, waking up early…everything. Fortunately, even though I’m taking six classes, three of them are only two credit hours, so the load is going to be somewhat lighter, freeing me up… Continue reading First week craziness
Thoughts on being busy
I was browsing through some Facebook notes I’d imported from my old blog (now nonexistent), and I came across an old book review I wrote for Momo by Michael Ende. Awesome book–I recommend it 110%. However, the thing that got to me was what I’d written about how the book made me think about how… Continue reading Thoughts on being busy