Writer’s Log, Stardate 2306.7 “When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft After taking an hour-long rest-and-relaxation break before noon, I decided to focus myContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Today I Edited; Tomorrow…I’ll Write?”
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On Writing & Storytelling: SITREP on Tasks Accomplished – and Tasks to be Done
Hi, there! It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. It’s relatively cool outside on this seventh day of the month and seventh day of meteorological summer (traditional summer is still two weeks away); the temperature is 74°/23°C under sunny conditions. This being Florida, it won’t stay this mild for long.Continue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: SITREP on Tasks Accomplished – and Tasks to be Done”
On Writing & Storytelling: Time for Another SITREP on The New Story
Hi, there, Dear Reader, and welcome to the Thursday, May 25, 2023, edition of A Certain Point of View, Too. It’s midafternoon here in Lithia, Florida, and it’s hot (84°F/29°C), dark, and rainy. It’s so dark that I just had to turn on the ceiling lamp, and I hear thunder, which of course means weContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Time for Another SITREP on The New Story”
On Writing & Storytelling: If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be ‘Make Revisions Day’
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” ― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s late morning here in Lithia, Florida, on Tuesday, May 24, 2023. It’s still cool outside on this late spring day (75°F/24°C) under partly sunny,Continue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be ‘Make Revisions Day’”
‘The New Story: Music from the Original Writing Soundtrack’
When I write fiction – be it Reunion: A Story (AKA “the one that’s floating out there on Amazon and the online Barnes & Noble store”), “The New Story,” or the occasional screenplay – I tend to listen to music as I sit at my desk, regardless of whether I’m writing or gnashing my teethContinue reading “‘The New Story: Music from the Original Writing Soundtrack’”
On Writing & Storytelling: A Slow Start Morphs into a Writing Marathon – and I Have the Strained Eyes to Prove It!
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 SITREP “Tell the story that’s been growing in your heart, the characters you can’t keep out of your head, the tale story that speaks to you, that pops into your head during your daily commute, that wakes you up in the morning.” ― Jennifer Weiner It’s late evening on Wednesday, AprilContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: A Slow Start Morphs into a Writing Marathon – and I Have the Strained Eyes to Prove It!”
On Writing & Storytelling: Update on ‘The New Story’ for Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Although today was a “take it easy with the writing” day as far as the Almighty Word Count is concerned, I almost ended up with 1,000 new words added to The New Story. 948, according my Microsoft Word software’s word count function. If you read this morning’s On Writing & Storytelling: Music and Words –Continue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Update on ‘The New Story’ for Tuesday, April 25, 2023”
On Writing & Storytelling: Music and Words – They Go Together Like Bacon and Eggs
Today’s post will be a short ‘n’ sweet one, partly for aesthetic reasons – it’s been a while since I did one with a bunch of music videos – but mostly because I was up late last night and worked (a bit too much, I dunno) on The New Story. I didn’t write too manyContinue reading “On Writing & Storytelling: Music and Words – They Go Together Like Bacon and Eggs”
A Certain Point of View, Too 