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Chapter 58 – 1st Narrative Draft

Posted on May 4, 2025

Culture is a major component of this story. Here is a sample of how I handle it. For this chapter, I had to write both a Shakespearean soliloquy and a song. It…

Chapter 1 – 2nd Narrative Draft

Posted on May 4, 2025

Just a few small changes to some things that were bothering me. Now that I am deeper into the world I have created for this piece, I have found a different voice…

Chapter 99 – 1st Narrative Draft

Posted on May 2, 2025

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…

Chapter 98 – 1st Narrative Draft

Posted on April 24, 2025

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

Posted on April 23, 2025

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…

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