Category Archives: The World of Writing
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/07/15
In the rough draft, dialogue is not my friend. Generally, my characters overstate the obvious, say things in long, awkward, complete sentences that no one actually says, and generally talk too much–especially in battle or fighting. Basically, they talk like … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: Batman Begins & Character Development 03/06/15
Awesome happened last night, but it didn’t happen while I worked on edits for chapter two. It happened while I was watching Batman Begins. I realize this first Batman movie by Christopher Nolan wasn’t as big a hit as The … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/02/15
I spent yesterday morning on two planes I should have been on the night before. Weather delayed my Chattanooga flight to the point where I would have missed the last flight to Ft Myers from Charlotte, NC. I actually got … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: on Muses, Weapons & Continuity – 02/23/15
Amazing things have happened in last night’s writing session. First, the muse has finally decided to actually feed me ideas while I’m seated at my computer instead of throwing me random bits here in there when I can’t jot any … Continue reading
Pretentious Word of the Week: Proppant
This week’s pretentious word is proppant: Proppant: noun. Sand or similar particulate material suspended in water or other fluid and used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to keep fissures open. In the Battlestar Galactica universe, proppants should not be used while fracking. See if … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: Plot Structure to the Rescue! 01/23/15
In case you were wondering, typing on the floor of a bathroom in a hotel room is tedious work. I highly recommend sitting on the bathmat because cold tile will suck your body heat out of you. I also don’t … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: Writing When the Muse Won’t Talk 01/22/15
Writing deadlines and publishers don’t care if the muse decides to go on hiatus. I’ve got a deadline coming up (April 15th) and a stalled story. When ideas don’t come quickly, I don’t have a choice. I have to “get … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 01/19/15
On of the hard parts of writing is balancing writing time with getting all those little administrative things done, such as answering emails and Facebook messages or doing bills and balancing bank recs. I mean, seriously, if I have a … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 01/18/15
I am so glad that the rough draft is supposed to be rough and that Microsoft Word comes equipped with both the undo button and the cut and paste function. Last night’s writing session was all about getting down the … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 01/17/15
Aka: Facebook is a huge time-suck, info dumps are hard to avoid, and other things I learned today… I’ve been off of Facebook for a while. Most of it stems from getting out of the habit when I was sick, … Continue reading
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