In honour of Aisie’s brilliant takedown of contemporary high fantasy on TikTok, I was inspired to post my latest draft chapter. Her central point — that high fantasy has been hijacked and…
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Chapter 98 – 1st Narrative Draft
Yesterday, I posted a rough draft of this chapter. Today I am posting the first narrative draft. As you can see, this is the first step in the process in which a…
Chapter 98 – Rough Draft
After my last post, I had some questions about what precedes a first narrative draft. The stage immediately before a first narrative draft is something I call roughed-in. It’s a full sequence…
My Writing Method
I have received some questions about my writing method. I would characterize it as a combination of the snowflake method followed by texturing and reduction. I developed this method in university. I…
The Last Coffle – Chapter 94
When asked to describe The Last Coffle, I say that it’s The Magnificent Seven as an epic literary fantasy. To tell you the truth, my version of this story has more in…