All posts for Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned in August 2017
Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned: You Did That For A Reason, Remember?
On rewriting: "No, no, I can't cut that, it's there for a REASON!"
By Serdar Yegulalp on 2017-08-26 23:00:00 No comments
The hardest issue I deal with in such work is the temptation to justify the existence of whatever is already in the manuscript. "No, no, I can't cut that, it's there for a reason." That whole routine. Horribly familiar, isn't it?
Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned: The Long And Winding Checklist
On using (and abusing) the rewrite process's "things to do" list.
By Serdar Yegulalp on 2017-08-08 12:00:00 No comments
Writing wonkery ahead.
Over the weekend I finished putting together the scene map for Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, and slotted into it the "things to do" collected from the notes I'd kept during the first draft process. Some details follow for those not in the know.
Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned: Map Vs. Territory
On finding my way through the second draft of a story.
By Serdar Yegulalp on 2017-08-02 12:00:00 No comments
Time to lift the hood on my work habits a little. The second draft process for one of my books — Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned in particular, which is the one I'm currently rewriting — works something like this.
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