Writers are always told to “write what you know.” I worked for 30 years as a transportation planner, so I thought I should write a story set in that milieu. So far I have found that very hard to do. About six years ago I started on a script idea set in a transportation planning… Read Article →
I finished and published my new short story. A typical management consultant doesn’t need to worry that someone will try to kill him, but then, Ken Walker wasn’t a typical management consultant. I used Lester Dent’s writing formula. It isn’t deep and the characters are a little thin, but I think you’ll find it a… Read Article →
I rewrote my “Lester Dent” story three times this week and I have a new name for it: The Abattoir Case – A Ken Walker Adventure. I used a text to speech program (Free Natural Reader) to help me with the proof reading. The program reads exactly what I wrote and it is much easier… Read Article →
The New Year is a good time to reflect on accomplishments and set new goals for the year. Feature Scripts My goal in 2010 was to do three new feature scripts. I finished the first draft of my script Bright Freedom last week. That means I met my goal. They are all just first drafts… Read Article →
I finished the first draft of Bright Freedom yesterday. It came in at just under 68 pages, which is a couple pages shorter than the first drafts for Then the Phone Rang and My Detective Story. It is about a page longer than my first draft of The Doorman’s Sacrifice. Before I started to write,… Read Article →
At the start of this year, I set a goal of writing three feature scripts by the end of the year. I’ve done two and am a little over half way through the third. I think I’ll get it (Bright Freedom) done this week. The reason I picked three was that in Dov Ss Simens… Read Article →
I want to get back to work on my script Bright Freedom this week. I’m confident that I will meet my goal to finish three scripts this year. The script sat idle for a month. I started to reread what I’ve done so far, and review the outline. It will take me a day or… Read Article →
I finished the first draft of my story based on the Lester Dent Master Fiction Plot formula. It came in at 6,463 words, or somewhat longer than the 6,000 words that the formula targets. I will need to rewrite the story to fix some inconsistencies, and I can likely tighten up the story when I… Read Article →
After I read over Lester Dent’s story formula, I wanted to try it out. I developed a spreadsheet that I could use to organize the outline. I added some modifications of my own that I thought would help me write. This week I did an outline. I wanted to leave the project until later because… Read Article →
Note 2022 September 5: I did submit, but later removed my script. I don’t believe the program is still open. This week I finished my changes to The Doorman’s Sacrifice and uploaded it to Amazon Studios. So far, I’ve had three people download the script and two people posted reviews. One controversy about the site… Read Article →
