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Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 25 Plotting continues for book 2, Epsilon Eridani. I’ll bet you’ll be completely unsurprised at the approach I took! I’ve also had to build out some new parts of my world, which I take as a good sign — at least, if you want to cover new ground, […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 24 The second draft of Book 1 is now complete. It has it’s own snapshot PDF and everything, so it’s official! Not only that, but I took the opportunity to consider my next moves. I asked myself questions like, “Is a trilogy the right format?” “Do I want […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 21 I had to skip writing Saturday, so I substituted Wednesday instead. Which was fortunate, because something interesting happened on Wednesday. After writing 141,400 words, I finished the first draft of A Ghast in the Machine. I was going to celebrate. then I realized I’d just reached a […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 20 Forty-nine. That’s the number of plot points, using Dan Wells’ Seven Point System, that will be in A Ghast in the Machine. One main plot with six subplots/arcs. As of yesterday, I have completed forty-seven. All that’s left are the final plot points for the main plot […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 19 When I watched Dan Wells’ YouTube videos about story structure, I had hoped it would offer me a way forward for this series of books I conceived way too long ago. I started documenting the journey on this site in July 2016, but the genesis of these […]