I just finished the first draft of a short story I was working on. A dark medieval fantasy that right now rings in at 4,669 words. That is without any editing passes or Beta Reading so I am sure that the number will change.
As for the experience of writing it, it was a dreadful process. I started it almost an entire week ago. I was trying to write a novel and kept getting distracted by this one idea for a short story. Eventually i decide that just to get it out of my head I needed to write the short story. One week later I have just finished the first draft of it, and I have no Idea how long it will take from here before I am satisfied enough with it to call it done.
In my head I thought this would be a piece of cake but as it turns out writing is hard, much harder than I remember. at this point I am glad I am a hobby writer because if I did this for a living I would be homeless and hungry.
As I polish it up I will post some more about it, background information, teasers and whatnot.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Finished a new writer course tonight!
Tonight I just finished a great writers course from http://www.writesf.com/ Jeffrey A. Carver provides an awesome free self paced creative writer course tailored towards fiction writers. This course is actually the reason I finally started a blog, so i can keep track of my courses and publications of my writing.
Hello All!
Hello everyone, and welcome to Clarence Matthews Realm. As you probe the dark abyss contained in the words of this realm you will explore the inner-machinations of a dark fantasy author honing his craft.
Warning though, this dungeon is not recommended for individual characters below the eighth level and party sizes of less than four between the levels of three and five.
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