On learning to write novels, Babel Clash

Ken Scholes and I, again, over at Babel Clash. Part One of On Learning to Write the Novel (or some such title).

I hope someday to figure it out.

On Writing the Novel, Babel Clash, Ken Scholes & moi, onward

And, here with over on Babel Clash, the second part in which Ken Scholes and I trade comments On Writing the Novel, Part Two, including:


When I look back at how I wrote my early novels, mostly I don’t remember much about the drafting process. The main thing I do know is that I am much better at revising now than I was then. As a newer writer, I preferred writing the first draft and found revising an onerous and difficult chore because I often didn’t really know how to fix things. Now, I find writing first draft much more exhausting than I did then, but I love to revise because I get such pleasure from seeing the pieces smooth out and fit together to make the story I want to tell come alive.