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It is finished

On: November 28th, 2007 at 7:59 pm | Number of Comments » 3

Well, not really.  But the first draft is finished.  There will be significant swapping of scenes, perhaps taken from a different Point Of View.  There will be more description of the Storyworld and some minor characters will add a little depth to the whole thing.  And then the micro-editing, changing words, getting rid of “had” [...]


“Art Hides Art”

On: November 19th, 2007 at 8:44 pm | Number of Comments » 4

This quote is again from Dwight Swain’s book, Techniques of the Selling Writer. It really made me think.
Swain talks about how a good artist makes it look easy. The effortless arabesque of the ballet dancer, the casual-seeming movements of a potter at the wheel, the smiling soprano who soars through the upper registers, [...]