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The AntHill · 5d ago

#OmegaHouse diary

I finished my draft a few weeks ago and sent it out for feedback. The good news is I did a pretty good job. Pretty good. But some of the feedback I got reflects a perennial problem of mine. I always make things over-complicated and always have to then go back and simplify. It’s REALLY [...]
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The AntHill · 4W ago

#OmegaHouse diary

I made it through the first pass and second. I missed the PAGE deadline by a couple of days, unfortunately. But I’m glad I didn’t send in what I had. Why? I made the giant mistake of separating my two leads for a quarter of the story. Had to go back and rewrite to change [...]
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The AntHill · 1M ago

#OmegaHouse diary

I finally finished act two and now I’m deep into act three. I’m hoping to have it finished by today, but that may not be realistic considering my other obligations. If not today, definitely tomorrow. The shitty part is I most likely won’t make the PAGE deadline. I haven’t checked when it is because
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The AntHill · 2M ago

Untitled #horror diary is now #OmegaHouse diary

Omega House is a main location in the script, and, though I’m not 100% satisfied with it as the title, I can’t think of anything better. i’m past mid-point. And I’m having a ball. Not quite as much fun as I had on 8-BIT, but oodles of fun nonetheless. Outlining sure paid off. I made [...]
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The AntHill · 2M ago

untitled #horror diary

Almost to the end of act one. Only a tiny bit more. Funny thing is I’d expected more material to be necessary, so my outline actually accounts for much more than what I’ve ended up writing. And I’ll of course take a couple more passes to make sure to delete unnecessary material, but so far, [...]
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The AntHill · 2M ago

untitled #horror diary

I’ve started something new. I was inspired by a sub-plot of the story of Jason and the Argonauts. The sub-plot was a detail in a documentary I saw recently. It really jumped out at me and I pretty much exclaimed, “Know what’d be a cool movie? The modern version of that!” Within minutes, I had the [.
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The AntHill · 2M ago

#condolences diary

Back on the clock. Past the mid-point, with much more to go. Advice has been consistent. First finish, then go back and edit, no matter how long the first, unedited draft is. So that’s what I’m doing. I add about a page or two a week, so it’ll likely take months and months. I’m also [...]
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The AntHill · 4M ago

condolences diary

What a pisser! I learned today that my half-a-book is longer than most books. I confirmed this with page counts from Nicholas Sparks, Nick Hornsby, Chuck Pahlaniak, Jeff Rivera, and others. The good news? I can fill pages. The bad news? Along with finishing the book, I now need to cut about half of
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The AntHill · 4M ago

condolences diary

Mid-point. That’s approximately where I am. I’m no longer judging by page numbers as I’ve switched to Scrivener and that information isn’t immediately apparent (and if it is, I haven’t noticed it). At last glance, it was past 275, so I’m guessing it’s around 300. I’m also not judging by word count b
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The AntHill · 5M ago

condolences diary

At long last I’m updating this. Yes, that means there’s an update to be had. At last count, I was past page 270. That was on Google docs’ count. Things have changed, however. I was tricked into using Scrivener and they have this nifty feature where I can split chunks of writing into this new [...]
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