Recent content by Chase Gamwell

Work from home started today. Still need to head into the office to do lab work when it crops up, but otherwise I’ll be at home. Wife’s school closed until April 10th - paycheck is uncertain. Feeling generally unsettled, though more with growing economic issues than virus.

Sooo...I just finished a first person rewrite of the first chapter of a story I was already rewriting. It feels...different, but...better. Gonna read through it again, then post it in the writing group. Probably tomorrow...

I’m...kinda back... Been focusing on writing and revising A LOT, which gobbled up more time than I expected. Still busy busy, but wanting to make my (meager) presence known. Hope everyone is doing well!

I always find that taking a brand new approach to the process always gets the wheels unstuck. I scrapped something I ran through the writing groups a little while ago and started from scratch. In fact, I scrapped the first few chapters of the novel TWICE. The concept was great, but what I had...

I've come to the conclusion that leading with my character's wants and needs is the reason my WIP is going so smoothly. It seems obvious, but I can't believe it took so long to shake out in my writing. Hopefully, the story holds up when it's done!

About 4k words into a new YA SF novel that feels like it's coming together perfectly. Perhaps TOO perfectly. >_>

Will probably be on here quite a bit this week as I'm staying off of the open areas of the internet until I get a chance to see Endgame...

Recently, I've taken to writing in first-person present tense. It feels more immediate. And it allows me to do interesting mixes of showing and telling: There’s a bitterness to the act of stepping past the threshold with the weapon held high. At one point, I would have crept into the apartment...

Submission Surgery was an eye-opener, so I'm spending this week refocusing my writing creativity.