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Refining Dialogue
Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
In the midst of plotting, pondering, and (alternate?) world building, actual!writing, albeit within the confines of the mind, marches forth on this March Fourth. Pun quite intended. Amid the scene setting and character building is crafting the dialogue between the characters (spoken or implied) from which the…
World Building Options
Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
While last week’s entry focused on the quasi-meta update of the Land of Exposition, (which has developed into an inadvertent and mostly improvised meta series separate from the main works in progress) the updates on the state of the primary work in progress (namely the MASC Chronicles)…
The State of the Land of Exposition
Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
Extract from The Tales from the Land of Exposition – Journal of Plot Monitor #9 Celestial Time Stamp: Later Than Anticipated Weather: Suspiciously mild, with bouts of random musings So it’s been a while since the last update, but the state of things in the Land of…
Illusions and Delusions
Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
The notion of perspective and its involvement in shaping (just about) everything in the story remains at the forefront of the plotting and pondering process. Toying with the idea of multiple narrators (first or third) is an option to consider, as it’s an effective, if complex method…
Shifting Perspectives
Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
A month into 2017 and I’ve just about quasi abandoned the 85K90 challenge. Well, not so much abandoned, but perhaps put the task on hiatus as the plotting and pondering of the overarching narrative structure and mixing and matching the character (and their exposition baggage) relationships has…
Sorting Out The Details
Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
The plotting and pondering continues, as the world (real and fictional) changes from what it was into what it will be. How things will play out in the (near) future is yet to be determined; needless to say it’s going to be interesting (if not frustrating) from…
Progress in the Writing Process
Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
Actual!writing has actually happened after months of plotting and pondering and pondering about the plotting. Though not that much actually writing has actually happened since the last blog entry, due to the few dormant land minds unexpectedly reactivating with a time sensitive detonator which could have spelled…
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