My writing process involves playing scenes in my head as daydreams. I use daydreaming to play out possible scenarios in my head to try to work out the most likely outcomes. It’s like running a simulation only the simulation is…
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Daydreams as a tool
Tagged with: attention, characters, decision, events, fiction, judgment, outcome, outcomes, problems, publication, results, scenarios, simulation, simulations, solution
Posted in General Opinion
Posted in General Opinion
Keeping a Health Log
I have decided to keep a medical log. I’m going to put the times I was hospitalized in the medical history part of the log and keep track of the medications I am taking. There’s only one at the moment,…
Tagged with: android, computer, doctor, doctors, health, health history, immunizations, medications, method, OneNote, procedure, procedures, results, spreadsheet, surgery, word
Posted in General Opinion
Posted in General Opinion
Shedding the Couch Potato
I got a pedometer to help me lose weight, and I must say that I am a bit disappointed. It registers steps only when I hit my stride of about twenty-six inches. I think that’s an accurate calculation of my…
Tagged with: activities, aerobics, bike, calculation, couch potato, February, five, habit, length, pedometer, placement, portion, results, steps, stores, thousan, Three, week
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Posted in General Opinion
FFL: September Monthly Report
From: Agent Pica To: Mr. Whiskers at HQ Date: September 8, 2013 Subject: The Punishment The humans have reopened this place, much to my relief. We can get scents and clear sounds from outside again. They prevented us from getting…
Tagged with: Agent Pica, Agent Trouble, area, behavior, Cat, Cat Fiction, cats, feline, Feline Fiction, Feline Freedom League, FFL, fiction, human, humans, investigations, male, Mr. Whiskers, noise, observation, Pica, platform, Punishment, purpose, results, spaces, subject, theory, trees, Trouble
Posted in Feline Freedom League Report
Posted in Feline Freedom League Report
Flow charts and writing
I use a flow chart to plot my stories. I start with the beginning and give my characters a series of decisions. Then I try to figure out how many different results could come from each decision. The ones that…
Free Writing
Free writing is just what it sounds like. It is a writing exercise where you sit down and write. It sounds easy, doesn’t it, and yet so many of us struggle with it. The secret is to have something in…
Pacing and Outlines in Writing
Pacing is very important in a mystery like the one I am currently working on, FCIS. It’s actually important in any kind of writing. If your pace is too quick, your story ends too soon. You have to pace a…
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