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  Writing Sample from the Prose The following was written for a writing challenge on theprose.com. The prompt was as follows: Grey Wall  Check out the original over at  Grey Wall . Grey Wall Towering over everything was the Grey Wall. For a thousand generations the Grey Wall had separated the worlds, looming above each in silent threat of what lay on the other side. Looming in the heart of the unchosen. No being had every crossed the Wall. No human would try for the abject terror it brought the imagination. Even the birds, circling and wheeling about the azure sky would not cross the line of demarcation. The Wall meant safety and the Wall meant death. Zenyassa did not care for safety and she did not fear death. She was Unchosen. What did it matter? What was life without the risk of losing it? She could not feel alive sitting before a thatch hut milling grain while the men of her village hunted wild yissana beasts. Their hunt brought them adventures and risk for the great ...
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The First Draft of "Caribbean Gold" is Complete!

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The First Draft of "Caribbean Gold" is Complete!

Finally!

It is terrible! 

Yes, absolute drivel and trash. 

Thus, always with first drafts.

I scanned the final typewriter pages onto my computer on Sunday 30 May 2021. 

I was literally writing synopsis sentences rather than prose near the end. I have so much to go back and expand on as well as several things needing retconned and updated to match my changing plans for the story. I have character POV chapters to add in order to expand the bad guys as well as a shit ton of detail to fill in the gaps. 

I may be slow, but I am getting through it. One step at a time.

I certainly know what I will need to do when and if the time comes to write another story.

  • Complete all research and take detailed and organized notes.
  • Write character bios with descriptions and motivations.
  • Write a basic outline with chapter-by-chapter plans, then fill in the gaps. AKA have an actual plan.
  • Show don't tell!
  • Finish the 1st draft while the idea is still hot in my mind and still motivating.
I am sure there are more things I need to do to make it work. For now, I am going into revision and editing mode and will hopefully have a second draft way faster than the first.

I will literally shit a brick if I manage to edit this enough to take to a real editor. On top of that, I may have a coronary if I can actually publish. I would be content if this book sells only 1 copy to a complete stranger.
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