Stages of my Writing Endeavor

This will be elaborated upon further, to be sure… but for the sake of getting it down, here are the stages I’ve moved through in this overall writing endeavor:
 Stage 1: Brewing Ideas (1980-2000)
This is me growing up, when the ideas, archetypes, and forms that would fuel the story took root.  These were not really consciously [...]

Knowing your Job, Doing it Well

I’ve skirted around this point several times, but it is too important not to run into the ground: at all times, be aware of what your job and intention is.  Only with this thorough knowledge can you be sure you’re doing that job well.
Right now, I’m in the stage where I’m doing a “straight up” [...]

Monday Morning: Preparing for the Next Phase

So I reached a rather big milestone at the end of last week: writing all the way through Act I (of four).  This is roughly a quarter of the overall story.  In this iteration, it clocked in at about 110 pages and 60,000 words.
I certainly plan to continue on in the same fashion, hoping to [...]

100 Pages Reached!

For the sake of celebrating victories, let me announce today that I reached and surpassed the 100 page mark since this endeavor started (approx. 7 weeks ago).  That is 100 pages of freshly written, new material… nothing has been re-used from previous notes and/or drafts.  Single-spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman. Word-wise, that is just [...]

Writing Endeavor: 7 weeks in

So it has been about 7 weeks since the start of this little project.  That is, my efforts to write for “one hour every day.”  Here is a report on general progress so far.
Over all, I have been doing about 4-6 days a week.   During the work week I haven’t missed more than one [...]

Set if Free!

The song is in you… now let it out!
You will need skill & mastery of both technical, objective means (operating instruments, etc) as well as inner-exploration (being able to weather the internal storms raging inside your head).
All of these pieces of art are in all of us, always, begging and crying to be let loose, [...]

Celebrating Victory

Let us celebrate our victories, for we are otherwise wallowing in the mire of continuous defeat.
We are faced with the difficult task of always juggling more than a handful. In my life, for example, I’m dealing with the following challenges, in no particular order:
-the struggle to eat healthy
-the struggle to exercise regularly
-the struggle to [...]