Hey Folks,
I hope I’ll be writing fiction again soon. Maybe not today. Possibly tomorrow. Almost certainly during the upcoming week.
The Passive Guy today wrote a post (in “Of Interest”) regarding politics. It is compelling. It has little if anything to do with writing or politics, but it has a great deal to do with writers and with the political polarization that began almost twelve years ago and is currently ongoing in this nation.
His post also keyed me to write a long post of my own. On reflection, I removed most of it to another, more appropriate venue.
Like The Passive Voice, this Journal also is not about politics.
The Journal is only a place for me to report, a way for me to hold myself accountable as a writer. I have been told it also serves as a source for other writers, regardless of their own political biases, who wish to shorten the learning curve as they advance in the craft of writing.
I hope that is so.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
If you want to learn to write better description, see “In the Midnight Hour: A Cup of Joe … and Maggots” at https://www.leelofland.com/in-the-midnight-hour-a-cup-of-joe-and-maggots/.
See “How to Mess Up Your Lead Character’s Ordinary Day” at https://killzoneblog.com/2018/10/how-to-mess-up-your-lead-characters-ordinary-day.html.
Finally, see “Politics and The Passive Voice” at http://www.thepassivevoice.com/politics-and-the-passive-voice/.
Fiction Words: XXXX
Nonfiction Words: 230 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 230
Writing of Nick 3 (novel, tentative title)
Brought forward from September………… 21695
Day 10… 1736 words. Total words to date…… 23431
Day 11… XXXX words. Total words to date…… XXXXX
Total fiction words for the month……… 1736
Total fiction words for the year………… 338462
Total nonfiction words for the month… 6350
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 139446
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 477658
Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 7
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 2
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 11
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 33
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 6
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………………… 193