The book is done Google docs used to have pages for more than a decade, until some product manager said "ayo, what the hell, screens don't have pages." Stories have been told through books for a few centuries now. But, ayo, what the hell? * Books have
Name I hate naming. I really, really, really hate it. This is why I'm on the third revision of the book and I still don't have last names for any of the researchers (except Robbie Striver/Barnes, I guess). I don't even have a
I've recently become obsessed with EPIC, a musical inspired by the Odyssey and written by a TikToker. I listen to it while commuting nearly every day. I love it so much that I want to edit it (complimentary, not derogatory). Editing someone else's work without solicitation
This chapter originally looked quite different, and my recent revision of it basically amounted to deleting half of it. You see, originally, I saw in my mind this very dramatic scene where Thomas would, the morning after having taken the drug, would walk into the lab looking like he'
Inspired by Reddit I haven't been formally trained as a writer. I know 'writing exercises' exist, but the only one I know is one I saw on Reddit a long time ago: write how your character makes a sandwich. The idea is that this reveals to
Most of my writing involves no quantitative tracking at all, but there are two pieces that do: deadlines and timelines. Below are my current trackers for each (as of ~6 months before publication; things will definitely change).
In a previous post, I talked about the journey of writing this book. That journey was, roughly, "my first and second drafts were terrible because I barely had a plot, and then I got a lot of great ideas which made my third draft so much better." The
In honor of this chapter describing Crystal's aesthetic home, I'd like to show you where I write this book.
We hate what we are One of my pet peeves in mystery novels is when readers know more than the detective. There are two particularly common, and particularly bad, instances of this: 1. Books with a prologue that says "I am a sick twisted human and I'm
I enjoyed writing this chapter because, for the first time, I felt like I was drawing on a lot of my design patterns from previous chapters. I'm glad the patterns I've created are turning out to be useful over and over again. It adds a nice
Babies are beautiful... I am really happy with this chapter's ending. The night I wrote it, I sent this to my editor. Then I didn't pick up my pen for a year. ...but they are born ugly I started writing this book in July 2022. It
AI Lucky number 13! Finally, AI was helpful in writing a chapter. Specifically, the part of the text that is customized to your location, i.e., The players were running all over the insane streets of [your city] and The players were splashing around in the [nearby water body] trying