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The Thing (a prequel)
In which I show myself up as a forlorn fanfic writing type by (re)publishing my prequel script to The Thing...
04. The Test
The survivors make an horrific discovery... part four of The Veil.
03. The Trap
The attack begins. Who will survive, and who will escape? Part three of the ongoing series The Veil.
02. The Discovery
There is something terrible in the bunker, but it's not about to stay hidden for long... the second part of the ongoing series: The Veil.
01. The Bunker
A lone soldier makes a chilling discovery in the woods... the first part of an ongoing series: The Veil.
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Writing tips via China Mieville
I have to confess I'd never heard of China Mieville until a few weeks ago, which was when his name popped up on a schedule of upcoming events at my place of work. It's not everyday I get the chance to sit down and listen to another writer talk shop, so naturally I jumped at the chance. For everyone who missed out, here's a summary of some of the most interesting points that came up in the discussion.
Let The Story Speak
In which I present a sequel of sorts to my last post in the interests of talking about writing, rather than planning...
Developing the Story App
In which I explain flawlessly how the principles of software development can easily be applied to the process of developing a story...
Nowt to 3k: The Result!
After not quite 3 hours of feverishly writing not quite 3000 words, last night's sprint writing exercise was nonetheless a great success!
Nowt to 3k
or - let's just write for the pure unsullied sake of writing and worry about the consequences later...
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Sliding Doors
For week eighteen of 52 Blogs the topic is 'sliding doors'. So, here is the story of how I met my wife, and of all the random twists and turns that had to happen for us to end up finding each other...
Friends
For week seventeen of the 52 Blogs project the topic is 'friends'. In this post I end up discussing friendship more than actual friends. Or Friends.
Oceans
For week 16 of the 52 Blogs project we're writing about the big wet, also known as the ocean...
Albums
The topic for week 15 of the 52 Blogs project is album(s). We have to choose one or more albums that have (or have had) some sort of significance in our lives.
A Day In The Life
Week Fourteen of the 52 Blogs project required us to complete a diary for a selected day and post it up on that day. Here is my diary for Thursday April 4, 2013.