I’m half-way through the first draft of my current work-in-progress, so I thought I would share just an unorganized list of thoughts that have crossed my mind in the process: I’m not following the Three Act structure close enough. That’s okay; God wrote this story…kinda…well, the original version. Does the story spend too much time…
Tag: writing
The Perfect 1st Draft
Already as I have begun writing the first draft, the doubts have begun to creep in. Is there too much exposition? Or maybe not enough? I’m not giving enough description…or is there an overwhelming amount already? These doubts can lead to two great big distractions that will keep you from ever finishing that first draft:…
Finding the Story
Finding my next novel to sink my mind into has been a long journey. Since finishing Polarity, I have had been through countless ideas, but none of them hooked me enough to get them off the ground floor. Polarity was a suspense novel but a bit of whimsy in the world, and I was desperate…
Erin Phillips 