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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 […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 17 Have you ever purchased any of the classes from Master Class? I did. I bought Neil Gaiman’s series on creative writing. I’ve always enjoyed reading his works. Then I read Neverwhere. No, it was more than just reading it. I listened to the audio book, which Neil […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 16 An unexpected surge of anxiety hit me this week. No, I don’t have to go back out into public yet. This anxiety was in response to the plot for A Ghast in the Machine. The plot-braiding I’ve done so far made it worse! Remembering back to the […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 15 Another Shock! Two things impacted my word count this week. The first thing I more or less expected, but the second thing took me by surprise. Since both within the outline I wrote, you might think I shouldn’t be surprised. You’d be right! But I think I […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 14 Last week, I shared the stunningly obvious lesson that world building reduces word count. In other words, taking time away from writing to design a room or a ship or even a star system means I can’t spend that time on writing. It’s beneficial in the long […]