Essays
I am beginning the process how to format an essay. What I actually should say is this: “I’ve never written non-fiction for a magazine or website, and I am not sure how to format it without it being a rambling mess.” Have I completed one? No. Do I have five on my docket to write? Yes. Will I write them? Yes. When will I write them? When I don’t have chapters available or outlined in Bohr’s Bathos for my daily writing.
As some may know, I only like to write when I have detailed outlines available to me. I have a completed master outline available, with the themes, character development, and major events. However, I keep that over arching outline at a high level so I have the flexibility to change the novel as I it choose to change over time. Which, in every manuscript I have written, has allowed the manuscript to become very organic. So, when I write the current block of chapters I have outlined, I have nothing to do until I can outline the next five. That time lapse, has led me to not writing anything for extended periods of time, and therefore, I have decided to use that lull to write essays. Yes, I should read, but I don’t like to read when I am writing as I see it as a possible infection in the tone and voice of the book currently being written.
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Over the last couple of weeks, I have begun a new process for writing. In the past, I had trained myself to sit and work for multiple hours a writing stint in order to produce hyper cohesive work without reviewing what I previously had written. However, since I work forty hours a week for a company, I have had to invest in a new process. That process is waking up at 5:15 in the morning so I can get an hour of writing in before I go to work (sometimes an hour and a half depending how quick I finish my obligations so I arrive at work looking like a respectable human being). So, my morning is the following: cook second breakfast (the food I eat when I arrive to work), eat an apple, make a cup of coffee, drink cup of coffee and watch sunrise (if the sun is rising at that time, which its no longer doing), shower, gel hair, write, get dressed, drive to work.
After work, I work for 2-4 hours on my manuscript. And that brings us to the important aspect of this post: Progress. I have been using this system for sometime (with regular readings of previous content before each writing session) and that has led to a high level of production on my newest manuscript: Bohr’s Bathos. This piece follows, Death by Comedy (or better known as its working title: Six Stalks, even though I haven’t discussed it much on this site), but it is important to note that Bohr’s Bathos follows Death by Comedy only in my bibliography and not timeline or content. Both are standalone pieces, as I try to do with all my work, and their worlds are fundamentally different.
With each day of writing, I watch it unravel in a good way. The story grows richer, and I realize, I don’t care about publishing. If it happens, so be it, but I am just happy to see my creations come to light. I love writing, and I write for myself, but I wish you could all experience my long form creations. Who knows, one day, it may happen. Until then, I will keep writing and sharing what I can with you. Thank you for following me and believing in me.
Read More5:15, Here I Come
The next five chapters have been outlined (17-21 (if you think that number is wrong, count it on your hand)). That means, I cannot postpone waking up tomorrow morning, and I’ll have to arise from my slumber at 5:15 to begin work on these next chapters. Then, after I go to work, I will continue to work on them before my social obligations. Not to mention, I have to edit/write important environmental factors into previous chapters of the new manuscript due to a recent trip where I saw a piece of artwork that forced me to re-evaluate how I was writing certain things. I know, this post is coming off as ambiguous and lacks necessary variables, but I do that so that the manuscript remains a mystery. Just know artwork did what it is supposed to do and that is to affected the viewer. I am glad; if I ignored the feelings that were inspired by this piece of art, I would be a poor writer as I wouldn’t let the manuscript grow with my own experiences… even if it is a pain to go back and retrofit already written chapters. What are you to do when you believe in the Kantian creation of an aesthetical piece of work.
Read MoreSafe Mode – Hyper Specific Work
Ever run your computer in safe mode? Safe Mode is wondrous, it cuts out all the other processes that run on your computer and leaves only the core functionalities. I am running in Safe Mode. What does that mean? It means, I don’t care about anything frivolous in my writing career. I only care about writing, editing, and outlining fiction. Why have I chosen this striped down version of existence? Simple, I work full-time for a fortune fifty company and need to prioritize creating more than informing my audience. That’s why these posts stopped.
Some people would argue I should post no matter the conditions. I disagree; I believe that posts should only come with substance. I just figured I would inform everyone that there are short stories out with magazines, I am working on Bohr’s Bathos, and prepping essays for the first time (non-fiction). With all of that happening, it is important to note that I took a 5 week lull.
Why the lull? Simple, except I won’t explain that here as it can impact my future. Nothing illegal or improper, just an opinion and I have decided to keep to myself. Expect more here shortly, and hopefully someone will pick up my drunken wizard story… it is fantastic.
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