Fall Into The Fathomless Abyss

FALL INTO THE FATHOMLESS ABYSS It’s up! There’s nothing extra satisfying than having a guide on the market for sale. It’s accomplished. It’s out there. And I’m happy with it. That last bit? That’s the hard half. I’ve written right here about a few of the trouble this new e-book, Devils of the Endless Deep has given me. This was a tough one. There had been false begins, full-on blockages, hand-wringing, hair-pulling (and for me, that’s not easy), and weeks of second-guessing. Why all that? Looking again on the process of writing Devils of the Endless Deep from this contented place, it’s turning into a lot more clear to me that, sure, there was some depression at work, pressures from outdoors the artistic process that put a damper on the circulate of my “artistic juices,” whatever that means. But in the end what brought on me probably the most issues with Devils of the Endless Deep was that the original idea sucked. There, I stated it. I had written the outline for a bad book. The story had lit tle or no motivation, particularly for the villain. Why was he doing all this? Answer: I had no concept. Would he plausibly do any of this? Answer: No. What are these monstersâ€"how do they work, what are their strengths and weaknesses, and why are they attacking Smogland? Um . . . huh? I had written a top level view for a novella that broke mainly each some of the essential pieces of advice that I’ve provided authors right here and in The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction. Unmotivated villain? Check. Hero with no character? Got it. Monsters that observe no inner logic and are simply there to supply artificial danger? Done. What the hell was I considering? Anyway, all that being the case, it’s simple, now, to grasp why I found this guide so hard to write. There’s nothing tougher to write down than a nasty story. But perhaps that is the place the melancholy came in, or the slavish devotion to an already-blown deadline: I saved making an attempt. I would literally thr ow myself towards this story, unable to acknowledge that the rationale I couldn’t figure out the way to write it is that a minimum of subconsciously I knew how unhealthy it wasâ€"it simply wasn’t there, and I wasn’t doing the one simple thing I most wanted to do. I’d stopped pondering. Or, more accurately, I wasn’t permitting myself to stop, take a deep breath, take a look at that lame define, and think my approach to a greater story. Finally, with some ethical assist from fellow Abyssals Cat Rambo, Mel Odom, and J.M. McDermott, and by outing myself right here on Fantasy Author’s Handbook, I lastly did just that. I re-thought the whole thing, starting to end. I sat down and thought about it. The first observe-up novella for The Fathomless Abyss collection. Sometimes I scribbled notes in the margins of that define. I deleted complete chaptersâ€"even chapters I’d already written, and that’s hard, saying goodbye to work already carried out. But that’s higher than publ ishing work that sucks, so each writer must be prepared to try this. If I actually described in detail what I did to make Devils of the Endless Deep a novella I’m blissfully proud of I’d have to spoil the story. And I’d rather you read it than see it as a studying experience. I’ll give you a number of months, at least, however finally, we’ll get into what was mistaken, exactly, and the way, precisely, I fastened it. But for now, I current, for your consideration, the a hundred% less suck version of Devils of the Endless Deep, the primary observe-up novella for our shared-world experiment that started in Tales From The Fathomless Abyss. If you haven’t had a chance to learn Tales From The Fathomless Abyss yet, please start there. And to make it easier, we’ve gone forward and reduced the value of the anthology to solely ninety nine cents for both the Kindle and Nook editions. Read that, then Devils of the Endless Deep, also obtainable right now in each Kindle and Nook cod ecs. Now only ninety nine cents! And by now I hope everyone realizes that you do not need to personal both of these devices to buy and browse these books. Both Amazon and B&N supply free apps for Android and iOS. You can read Kindle or Nook e-books from any smartphone, pill, or PC. I even gave you the links there. No excuses! I’m proud of this one, and for many reasons. This story showcases me following my own advice, and doing the one thing that no matter how good you might be, how long you’ve studied, how brilliant your ideas, you will still should do: I worked my ass off. â€"Philip Athans About Philip Athans I LOVE this submit. I am so glad Phil spilled his guts for all of us to study from. I actually have seen too many authors who think each concept that falls out of their brain is a shiny gold nugget. And there are too many wanna-be authors who don’t understand how exhausting it's to write down good fiction (emphasis on GOOD) and that writing is figure. Phil, congrats on seeing your method out of the quagmire you were in and having the fortitude to complete the guide! Fill in your particulars under or click an icon to log in: