by Chris Watson | Oct 2, 2020 | The Writing Process
I’m faced with a challenge. A professional resource whose opinion I’ve come to trust advises that I need to cut another 7,000 to 9,000 words from my manuscript to avoid an automatic “too many words” deletion at the hands of prospective agents looking to work through a...
by Chris Watson | Sep 19, 2020 | Best Practices, Media
Not all writing is just for fun and fiction. Sometimes you want to get another story out there, perhaps your view on some news of the day, community issue, or social concern (as you know, we’re not hurting for those types of topics right now). When trying to get your...
by Chris Watson | May 3, 2020 | The Writing Process
“The wonderful thing about writing is that there is always a blank page waiting. The terrifying thing about writing is that there is always a blank page waiting.” ― J.K. Rowling “You’re having a panic attack. Write your way out of it.” “Thank you so much for your...
by Chris Watson | Jan 4, 2020 | The Writing Process
It’s amazing how you can fall into patterns that aren’t recognizable when you’re writing disconnected chapters over the space of a year or so. It’s only when you see the whole thing from front to back (and new eyes look at it as well) that you discover an unfortunate...
by Chris Watson | Jun 7, 2019 | The Writing Process
OK, here’s how the retreat wrapped up Days: 6 with the first one really spent figuring out how I was going to organize myself and write during this retreat (harder than it sounds), and 5 focused on serious writing and revision New words written: 25,000+ Words reviewed...
