Will I Plan Next Time?

It is August. For some the summer is over, I saw that in some areas school started a couple of days ago. Where I live, August means that the tourist start drying up, and for a couple of weeks this month, not is not much going on here. This is one of my favorite times in town. I like less traffic. I like peace and quiet. Perhaps it will be easier to find a quiet spot at the coffee shop.

I will continue my novel this month. I did not write quiet as much as I would have liked last month, but I am happy to report that I wrote 27,444 words.

The last days of the month were challenging for me to write for a couple of reasons. One was spending hours at the car repair place on three separate occasions and spending way too much money on getting my car repaired. I also got a new Huion Pad Tablet and have been spending some of my free time drawing with the new tech. The third was most the most challenging, when it came to writing.

I was on page 61 of my single space word document, and I couldn't think of what was next. This goes back to me not planning out or outlining my story. I wasn't sure where to take the story, and I was having a hard time putting words on the screen.

I like finding the next step organically, having some inspiration of what will happen next, and figuring out some of the details along the way. However, I see that this not the most efficient way for me to write. In the future, I may plan ahead more, since it would keep the writing going.

Thanks,

J. Allen Tucker

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Writing and Planning

I have continued working on the second Sylas Sterling novel. I’ve written about 2,250 words so far. The first book was nearly 49,000, so I’ve got a ways to go. In addition to starting that book, I’ve been brainstorming. So, I’ve also got some general idea of what I want the third book to be able about. If all goes according to plan, I hope to have a comic book available to tie into the third books release. If you have any feedback, I’d take it into consideration while the next book is in progress. One other note in regards to the first book. I made some additional corrections after the initial publication, so if you come across some punctuation errors I think they have mostly been fixed. Thanks, J. Allen Tucker

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Starting a Sequel

While promoting my first novel, I haven’t written much. Today, I wrote 711 words and got started on the sequel to Sylas Sterling and the Lucas County Curse. I do have another work in progress, that I will return to occasionally. A random part of the process seemed interesting to me. As I was starting a new word document, I decided to save it, like everyone should to make sure that they don't lose their work. I realized that I needed a name for the document. At first, I considered, SylasSterling2, but I wanted something more creative. I went with a title that I will not share here, since the working title could be the actual title. I will say that it included the word “Two.” Time will tell if this title sticks. For the first book, I change the main character name and book title name multiple times trying to find something unique that I really liked. Thanks, J. Allen Tucker

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