The Novelist’s Deflowering: A Question of Discipline
The amateur novelist laments the lack of creativity involved in the fifth draft. It all becomes very mechanical.
The Novelist’s Deflowering: On that Most Delicate Faith
The amateur novelist’s world is shaken by the realities placed in front of him. A thread is pulled. A novel is undone.
The Novelist’s Deflowering: The Analytical Side of Creativity
The amateur novelist applies the wisdom garnered from a soul crushing day job to his highest passion.
The Novelist’s Deflowering: On the Completion of the Third Draft
Unruly and complex emotions continue to make themselves known as the amateur novelist reaches another milestone in the revision process.
The Novelist’s Deflowering: Passion Regained
The amateur novelist takes some timeout to be a worthless human being. Upon return, the novel suddenly seems more attractive.
The Novelist’s Deflowering: Does My Novel Look Fat in these Jeans?
Still mired in the midst of the third draft, the amateur novelist begins to lose whatever grasp on reality he once had.
The Novelist’s Deflowering: Slashes and Stitches and the Clenching of Teeth
The amateur novelist ruminates on that entirely different creature: the third draft.
The Novelist’s Deflowering: In the Wake of that Second Draft
The amateur novelist bubbles up from the depths of obsession and beholds the world that was there waiting all along. Regardless, it won’t be long before that third descent.
The Novelist’s Deflowering: On the Mythology of Madness
The amateur novelist begins to understand the mechanics and, daresay, allure of the writer's obsession.
The Novelist’s Deflowering: On the Journal
The amateur novelist preaches the sanctity of a Notebook of One's Own.
The Novelist’s Deflowering: On the Necessary Influx of Books
Currently afraid of novels, the amateur novelist discovers the value in books of a different sort.
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