Month: September 2021

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 39 I’m working on Book 2: Epsilon Eridani’s Pinch 2 points for all six arcs. Dan Wells, in his YouTube video series Dan Wells on Story Structure, called this point the “jaws of defeat.” As with all plot points, it’s important. That means I want the plot points […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 38 Now that the novel is moving from midpoint to pinch 2, I’ve discovered something that I probably knew at one time. It’s something that makes perfect sense in retrospect, and it should probably become standard practice for me. At least, I think it should become standard practice […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 37 Key performance indicators are great, but they have two prerequisites. First, you have to chose the right thing to measure. Before December 2020, I had tried to use number of chapters whose beats I’d written as a measurement. Unfortunately, that did not reflect any true progress, because […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 36 I stepped up preparations for Book 1: 61 Cygni this week. The developmental edit is still starting in a few weeks, and I’m still wondering if I should push the manuscript through one more draft. I’m inclined against doing that, because I think I want to wait […]