by jillemaclean | May 31, 2018 | The Writing Process, Writing Inspiration
How do you counterbalance too much time spent at the computer? I vowed I’d never write a blog at the very last minute, and here I am – with three blogs stashed in Microsoft Word – writing one I want to post tomorrow. I’ve started researching a sequel for the as-yet...
by jillemaclean | Mar 13, 2018 | The Writing Process
Years ago, I read Ian McEwan’s Atonement, and remember throwing the book against the wall because I’d been deeply invested in it and was infuriated by the ending, by the feeling that I’d been played for a fool. The details of the ending? Gone. The only other book I...
by jillemaclean | Jan 31, 2018 | The Writing Process
Other writers out there – do you enjoy revising? I revise on hard copy. A pile of paper. Tangible. Gratifying. Scary. And next? Apply the contrary skills of imagination and organization, of development and compression to bring the story to its full potential and to...
by jillemaclean | Jan 15, 2018 | The Writing Process
Writing this novel felt like going back to Beginner’s Mind, as though I’d never written a novel before. While it started as Young Adult, I soon realized I wanted to write a book for not-so-young-adults, to write without feeling any constrictions. And while I could...
