Purpose of This Blog
A quick intro:
I’m a 65-year-old midwestern white guy, recently retired (not exactly by choice) from a 25-year-long stint as a computer and network engineer, who’s looking to develop a new career as a fiction writer.
To date, I’ve written two full-length crappy novels. The first one – “Ansel & Greta” – was written more than a decade ago. I wrote the second – “Scream Cruise” – this summer. I also have another three novel projects in various states of completion, from still-in-the- brainstorming phase to 400 pages of draft text.
After completing my first draft of “Scream Cruise,” I found myself in the position of not knowing how to edit and revise it. I felt that a lot of the book worked pretty well, but could tell that other areas needed fixing. However, I really had no idea how to go about doing the repair work.
Which bring us to…
The Purpose of This Blog
My intention is to use this blog for
- Chronicling my journey to becoming a successful fiction writer.
- Clarifying what I’m learning (or at least think I’m learning) about the fiction-writing and editing process.
- Building up my discipline at writing daily.
- Spilling my guts about how the whole process feels at any given time.
- Developing a more effective writerly voice. (In case you haven’t noticed, my “style” is abysmally pedestrian.)
- Sharing whatever I learn with you.
Okay – that does it for today. One thing I am NOT going to do is allow this blog to become a productivity-sucking time-sink. We’ve all got FaceBook for that…
Cheers.
