Category: Writing
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Soon it will be time for AJ to run through the descriptions and dialog tags and do some good editing of the words actually and not just the syntax of stuff. To help with that AJ will likely use a few cool dictionaries. The emotions dictionary is pretty cool. The series linked from amazon is…
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KM Weiland posed a question on facebook. “What is the inciting incident of your WIP” AJ of course answered it. It depends on which one you want as I have the book plot, the multi-book arc story, or the multi-book multi-arc overall story. The inciting incident of the book is when my MC is first…
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Well we had an idea, and no real plot for it. So I’m thinking what’s really going on here. AJ’s not really got a story. It’s a busy week so hopefully we’ll get this out. Demons? Are stupid? Yeah. I guess. We got Dee and Sage. Nightmares, maybe demidemons? AJ does have a kinda story…
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So AJ was editing The First Hunt and she wrote this explanation for a writing group she’s part of and wound up answering her own problem. This method of problem solving is called Rubber Duck Debugging. AJ uses it on a regular basis when she’s working on code. And apparently it works for all sorts…
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AJ’s editing on top of writing. We have no new content to post today we might later but we don’t have any at present. So we’ll talk editing for the next couple days and you can yell at me if you don’t like it. Though content might slip out if I don’t find something else…
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As my story is written we are finding prophecy to be part of the world. Something I despise with all my heart. My life is not written. My life is mine. I know I go on and on about prophecy and fate and destiny. The harbinger of my life. And I’m not the writer, I…
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I’m having issues with scheduling things it seems. Today you got two posts for the First Hunt. WordPress is becoming a constant pain in my ass. The scheduler keeps delaying my posts showing up. Like there are too many. And there aren’t really. I dunno. AJ is doing some challenges. Writing a story in 25…
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In order to curb your story withdrawl after the end of The Evolution of Power AJ decided to write the ‘biography’ part of my story. My first hunt where I meet Michaela, Ant and see my mother die. It should help me regrain from the stifling quiet I’d have otherwise. I’ve been a bad blogger…
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A silhouette of a story would be the outline. Wouldn’t it. I silhouette is just the outline of an figure shaded in. Guess what? AJ finished my portion of the outline for the Last Phoenix rewrite. There are still other PoVs to throw in so AJ knows the whole story going forward. But my story…
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How about a candid look at all the things AJ is working on. Enjoy. they aren’t very readable. But you can decifer them if you like. AJ’s only about into Chapter 3 of the Last Phoenix. It’s slow going knowing we are ripping apart everything but the plot! I think AJ might just do the…
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There is one good thing about this rewrite. AJ’s getting world lore stuff done. I’ve alluded to the changes coming. And while it doesn’t change the overall story it does change my relationships and the people in my life a great deal. I’m still going to take down Ye Pan and the Last Phoenix. I’m…
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Well AJ’s done evoking damage on my poor little body for the moment. Today AJ wrote the final words: This isn’t the end of my story. No I think it’s only just gotten started. However you won’t be getting anything new from me until AJ rewrites the first 5 parts of my character arc. The…
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Today’s word: undulate verb (used without object), undulated, undulating. 1. to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: The flag undulates in the breeze. 2. to have a wavy form or surface; bend with successive curves in alternate directions. 3. (of a sound) to rise and…
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I know I keep talking about all these changes about to come up. I know it’s probably going to be difficult, but the biggest problem for AJ when sharing her work was that she always goes back to change it. Think of this you are the alpha readers. You get it dry and dirty and…
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I don’t usually do the whole writing theory thing. Mostly because I’m not the writer. But I know I give AJ shit about my back story and all the shit I have to put up with. I mean come on – how many bad things can you imagine to happening to one person. A dragon…
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Polish? Now polish I can think of so many naughty things to say about polishing. But I’ll behave. If only you could read my mind. Sage would be blushing furiously right now if he could read. But is it polish or Polish – as in from Poland? Don’t you just love the English language? Read…
The Mind of Nox 