Using Alternating Points of View in Fiction (CNF as well)
Good Books, Philosophy of Writing, my3*6*5 1 Comment »Today is only the fifth day of summer break, and I cannot remember another summer when I’ve been out of the starting gate so ahead of where I thought I would be, less than a week following the last day of school. You see, I took the time in May, believe it or not, to devise a summer writing schedule.
Here was the plan.
Beginning on Saturday, June 20, and every day following, I would place my writing above all else.
Now, that sounds pretty selfish, especially when you have three kids you are raising, and your wife does not get the benefit of having nine consecutive weeks off. Still, I was unwilling to compromise.
So how did I make it work?
I did not change the morning alarm on my Blackberry, and I made writing the first thing I did every day. That means, by 5 a.m., exactly 13 minutes after my alarm (“Early Riser”) brings me out of my sleep, the coffee is already brewing, and I am downstairs, in my writing sanctuary (never mind the washer/dryer, old refrigerator, and cat litter box), selecting the morning’s playlist (based on what I am writing), and putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard. This gives me, at the very least, a solid 2-hour block in which to work on my writing.
That’s been my schedule since June 20, and It has paid off enormously.
Today, though, was a bonus payday. Here’s why. Read the rest of this entry »


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