Month: December 2018

Almost all writer’s work can be strengthened by cutting bits out.  Sometimes by hacking off massive pieces, some of which you desperately loved. And it’s hard, and it’s painful, but… as we’re repeatedly told… it’s necessary. Now I was just re-reading a bit of my blog… a piece I did a while ago called “Rules

I was just editing a 1st person re-write of a 3rd person chapter in a book with a ridiculously sarcastic and bitter main character who is frequently funny, without actually making any jokes. So, you can imagine the shit-show that I’m starting with. It amuses me that I once thought this would be a simpler