Happy mid-November to all!
As we near the mid point of the month, I'm nearing the mid-point of my NaNo goals. It's been a steady and uphill climb, some days a slog, some days an energized run. But I've been doing a great job of sitting down to write every day.
Can't fix it if it ain't on paper.
On the subject of 'fixing', I've been speaking with other authors lately about the subject of Style. The Chicago Manual of Style has come up time and again and it looks like that's where I'm going to turn my attention to first.
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
I love telling stories. I love building worlds and sending characters through them. This is my RPG background shining through. However, RPG-ing entails a much more verbal interplay rather than written prose and that is where I tend to falter.
Something like a good race driver who knows little about the mechanics of the car.
Well, I've gone in. I signed up for a 30-day free trial and am reading through the sections noted as 1: Books and Journals. If I'm gong to drive this thing, I'm going to know how to change the oil! At the ripe old age of... greybeard status, I have enough wisdom to know that I will not absorb and master every single element of each specific technique, but I'll come out of this thing as a better author than when I went in.
See ya on the other side!
As we near the mid point of the month, I'm nearing the mid-point of my NaNo goals. It's been a steady and uphill climb, some days a slog, some days an energized run. But I've been doing a great job of sitting down to write every day.
Can't fix it if it ain't on paper.
On the subject of 'fixing', I've been speaking with other authors lately about the subject of Style. The Chicago Manual of Style has come up time and again and it looks like that's where I'm going to turn my attention to first.
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
I love telling stories. I love building worlds and sending characters through them. This is my RPG background shining through. However, RPG-ing entails a much more verbal interplay rather than written prose and that is where I tend to falter.
Something like a good race driver who knows little about the mechanics of the car.
Well, I've gone in. I signed up for a 30-day free trial and am reading through the sections noted as 1: Books and Journals. If I'm gong to drive this thing, I'm going to know how to change the oil! At the ripe old age of... greybeard status, I have enough wisdom to know that I will not absorb and master every single element of each specific technique, but I'll come out of this thing as a better author than when I went in.
See ya on the other side!
-Dave
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