In which I give myself a hard deadline for completing the first draft of my next novel. It’s finish or burn 2.0!
I’ve been slacking on writing my next novel, so it’s time to get tough. I must finish the first draft by July 15, or I will delete it and start over. I also discuss what I am currently reading.
In which I discuss David Morrell’s book, ‘The Successful Novelist’.
Writing the Lights Out 22 – In which I outline before writing for the first time. I’m trying to become more…
It’s been an exciting week. Regulation 19 was free on Amazon last weekend, and some book deal sites posted about the…
In which I stumble around some science, disparage outlines, and learn from Breaking Bad.
Writing the Lights Out 24 – The first draft of the Regulation 19 sequel, A Place Without Shadows, is complete! Now…
Writing the Lights Out 29 Like most of us, I’m a busy guy. I’ve got a full-time job. I’ve got a…
Great video — reblogged it: http://john-l-monk.com/2014/04/19/p-t-hylton-spea…
Before you pop into your next book, highly recommend you watch the Jim Butcher videos I linked to on my site. You will need headphones, the sound is just a tad too low. You may psychologically rebel at Butcher's approach, but after the initial pain of "omg you're messing with creativity" dies down, you'll see he's got a lot of great tips.
Old Man's War — absolutely loved it. Sickens me how good it is. The whole series, in fact.
Recommendations of another sickeningly good book: Hmm…how about I just give you a list of books I recommended somewhere at/around my very first blog post. Not to be all self-promoty, just to say "hey, this rocked" — they're all sickeningly good: http://john-l-monk.com/2012/07/13/some-memorable-…
I love your approach to writing: "finish it or burn it" — wow.
Oh yeah, another reason why I mentioned the Butcher videos, he talks a lot about game design and how it's like writing, so there you go.
Cheers
Thanks John. That's a great list of books. A lot of my favorites are on there, so that makes me think our tastes are similar enough that I really need to check out the stuff on your list that I have not read.
Those Butcher videos look like they would be right up my alley. I will check those out in the next couple of days.